. The edible and game birds of British India, with its dependencies and Ceylon. With woodcuts, lithographs, and coloured illustrations . s, with a crest of a few narrow ashyfeathers, the longest about 7*8 inches ; quills and tail dark slaty ; sides ofthe head and neck slightly tinged with rufous ; elongated breast plumes finesilvery grey, edged with dusky at the base ; rest of lower parts mingled ashyand rufous ; scapulars elongated, lanceolate and tipped with silvery grey. Billdusky above, yellow at the gape and bottom of lower mandible; feet darkgreenish grey. Length.—46 inches ; wing 19 ; t
. The edible and game birds of British India, with its dependencies and Ceylon. With woodcuts, lithographs, and coloured illustrations . s, with a crest of a few narrow ashyfeathers, the longest about 7*8 inches ; quills and tail dark slaty ; sides ofthe head and neck slightly tinged with rufous ; elongated breast plumes finesilvery grey, edged with dusky at the base ; rest of lower parts mingled ashyand rufous ; scapulars elongated, lanceolate and tipped with silvery grey. Billdusky above, yellow at the gape and bottom of lower mandible; feet darkgreenish grey. Length.—46 inches ; wing 19 ; tail 6-5 ; bill at front 7 ; tarsus 7 ; standingheight about 42 inches; hind toe and claw 4*5 inches. IJah.— Bengal, the Sikkim Terai, Assam, and Arracan, extending toMalayana. 208. Ardea cinerea, z/««., Syst. Nat. \. p. 235; Naum, Vogt. t. 220; Gould, B. Eur. pi. 274; Jerd., B. hid. iii. p. 741 ; Hume, i. p. 253; Murray, Hdbk., ZooL, cjr., Sind, p. 226; \id., Avif. ii. p. 652, No. 134S ; Hume, Nests and Eggs Jnd. B. p. 610; Dresser^B. Eur.\\. ^. 217, pi.; Oates, B. Br. Burm. \\. p. 245.—The Ardea cinerea. ARDEA. 1G9 Forehead, sides of the head and crown white ; a narrow streak from thebase of the upper mandible over each eye, and another above it merging intothe long occipital feathers, black ; neck behind bluish ashy ; in front white,with two rows of black elongate spots ; breast and under surface white ; backand wing coverts bluish ashy grey; primaries black ; scapulars silvery grey;tail bluish ashy ; bill dark yellow, brown on the upper mandible ; irides yellow ■;nude oribitar area greenish. Letigik. — iC) inches; wing i8 ; tail 8; bill at front 5. Hab.—Throughout India and Europe. In Sind the Mohannas or fishermenuse this species as a decoy in the capture of wild fowl. Each boat has usuallyfrom 5 to fO birds, Their eyelids are sewn up, and they stand motionless onthe cross bar of the rudder gear or perched along the edges of t
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