Genus FULICA.
Fulica=a Coot, in classical Latin; akin to =bald-headed.
Bill with shield on forehead. Toes lobed and clear to base. Tarsus with membranous fringe behind. Second and third quills longest. Remiges twenty-five. Secondaries as long as primaries. Plumage dark grey or blackish. Sexes alike.
BookTitle:
Game, Shore And Water Birds Of India
Reference:
Le Messurier, Augustus. Game, Shore, and Water Birds of India Fourth Edition, 1904.
Title in Book:
Genus FULICA
Year:
1904
Page No:
132
M_ID:
3760
M_SN:
Fulica
Volume:
4th ed.
Term name:
id:
12813
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