ANATOMY OF BIRDS
GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION
MIGRATIONS OF BIRDS
CLASSIFICATION OF BIRDS
LIZARD-TAILED BIRD
AMERICAN TOOTHED-BIRDS
THE OSTRICHES
THE RHEAS
EMEUS AND CASSOWARIES
THE TINAMOUS
THE KIWIS
THE PENGUINS
LOONS AND GREBES
ALBATROSSES & PETRELS
STORK-LIKE BIRDS
GOOSE-LIKE BIRDS
FALCON-LIKE BIRDS
FOWL-LIKE BIRDS
CRANE-LIKE BIRDS
PLOVER-LIKE BIRDS
CUCKOO-LIKE BIRDS
THE ROLLER-LIKE BIRDS
SPARROW-LIKE BIRDS
Birds and Birding's Guide to:
Watching THE PLOVER-LIKE BIRDS
THE PLOVERS, SNIPES, AND IMMEDIATE ALLIES
Red-wattled Lapwing
The last of these birds to be noticed is the Red-wattled Lapwing (Sarcogrammus indicus), which ranges from Arabia to Persia and through the Indian peninsula to Ceylon.
It is distinguished at once by the red lappet or wattle that projects in front of the eye, the general plumage above being brown, glossed with green, bronze, and reddish, the top of the head, throat, and breast being black, and the rump, sides of the head and neck and tail white, the latter crossed by a black band and the wings by a white bar; the length is thirteen inches.
It is a familiar and noisy bird, frequenting open spaces near the water, singly, in pairs, or small flocks, its vernacular name, in imitation of its cry, being Pity-to-do-it. It is cordially despised by all hunters, as it is constantly giving the alarm to other game. The usually four eggs are deposited after the manner of its relatives in a slight hollow; in color, they are yellowish blotched with brown.
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