128. Glareola orientalis.
THE LARGE SWALLOW PLOVER.
Male 10". Legs dusky black. Bill black. Chin and throat rufous, bounded by black line from gape. Secondaries not tipped white. Exterior tail-feathers project 1" beyond central ones,— Young pale fulvous, with blackish ends and buff terminal spots. No gorget. India, Ceylon, Burma, Pegu, to N. Australia. Breeding in E. Siberia and migrating through W. China. Two to four eggs (1.18 x 0.93), drab, blotched brown.
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:
128. Glareola orientalis
CatNo:
128
Year:
1904
Page No:
148
Common name:
Large Swallow Plover
M_ID:
4418
M_CN:
Oriental Pratincole
M_SN:
Glareola maldivarum
Volume:
4th ed.
Term name:
id:
12858
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