. The edible and game birds of British India, with its dependencies and Ceylon. With woodcuts, lithographs, and coloured illustrations . yn. The dimensions of this species are as follows :— Male.—Length 18-3 to 19; expanse 28-5 to 29*5; tail from vent 3-6 to 4 ;wing 8-1 to 85 ; wings when closed reach to within 07 to 1-5 of end of tail;bill at front, including nail, 177 to 1*85; tarsus 1*44 to 1-52; weight 1*3 1-5 oz. ■Female.—Lengtli, i69 to 17-5 ; expanse 27 to 28 ; tail from vent 2-8 to37; wing 7*9 to 8-i ; wings when closed reach to within from 0*5 to i of endof tail; bill at front o
. The edible and game birds of British India, with its dependencies and Ceylon. With woodcuts, lithographs, and coloured illustrations . yn. The dimensions of this species are as follows :— Male.—Length 18-3 to 19; expanse 28-5 to 29*5; tail from vent 3-6 to 4 ;wing 8-1 to 85 ; wings when closed reach to within 07 to 1-5 of end of tail;bill at front, including nail, 177 to 1*85; tarsus 1*44 to 1-52; weight 1*3 1-5 oz. ■Female.—Lengtli, i69 to 17-5 ; expanse 27 to 28 ; tail from vent 2-8 to37; wing 7*9 to 8-i ; wings when closed reach to within from 0*5 to i of endof tail; bill at front o-6 to o 75 ; tarsus 1*4 to IS; weight i lb. to i lb. 3 oz.—(^Str. F. i. p. 562.) Hah.—Sind, Beloochistan, Persia, S. Afghanistan, Lower Punjab, , Oudh and Bengal; extremely abundant after October; much soughtfor the table. Feeds chiefly on leaves, roots, fresh water molluscs, &c. Gen. Dafila {Leach), Gray, Gen. Birds, iii. p. 615. Tail with the central feathers narrow and much lengthened beyond therest; neck long ; bill elevated at the base, of nearly uniform width; ist pri-mary of wing longest. =7^fT. Dalila acuta. The Pintail, 229. Dafila acuta {Lhin.), Jerd., B. Lid. iii. p. 803; Draser, vi. p. S31, pi.; ILume, Str. F. iii. p. 193; Scully, iv. p. 200; id.,Sir. F. viii. p. 363; LLume and Marsh., Game Birds iii. p. 189, pi, ; Gales,Str. F. X. p. 245; Murray, Vert. ZooL, Sind, p, 297 ; Oates, B. Br. p. 279; Linn., Syst. Nal. i. p. 202; Blyth, B. Burm. p. 166; Legge, , p. 1076; Murray, Avif. Brit. Lnd. ii. p. 689, No. 1393.—ThePintail. DAFILA. ]89 7l/rt/6.—Entire head, face, chin and throat umber brown, the feathers onthe crown slightly darker and with a ferruginous tinge; back of the neck darkbrown, nearly black; lower neck, breast and abdomen white; a white linerunning up on each side of the neck to the occiput; back, sides of the breastand flanks marked with transverse undulations of black and white ; uppertail cove
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