18. Kaleej Pheasant: (Lophura leucomelana) 70 cms. 400 to 3500 mts. Male glossy blue-black above with recumbant crest and scarlet bare patches around eyes. Lower back feathers edged with white, chin and throat are brown with streaks. Female a dark, rich brown with a shorter crest. Affects forests interspersed with overgrown gullies and terraced cultivation in the vicinity of running water. Chiefly feeds in mornings and evenings on seeds, berries, vegetables, atter, insects and tubers in jungle tracks and clearings. Habits similar to the Red Junglefowl. Call, a loud, whistling chuckle.

19. Red Junglefowl: (Gallus gallus) 65 cms; upto 2000 mts. Appearance similar to that of domestic fowl of which it is the ancestor. Small parties of a single cock and a few hens come out in the open in the early mornings and late afternoons in sal forests, bamboo and scrub jungles and overgrown ravines that it affects. Feeds on all sorts of grains, tubers, fruits, berries, insects and small lizards etc. Call very similar to that of the domestic fowl.

20. White-breasted Waterhen: (Anpurornis phoenicurus) 32 cms; upto 1500 mts. Sexes alike. A slaty, stub-tailed swamp bird with white face, neck and breast which is unmistakable. Walking through marshy areas, rice field and ditches, it constantly jerks its stubby tail, looking for insects, molluscs, shoots of marshy plants, worms etc. Normally silent but during breeding season, has loud, raucous croaks and call similar to coppersmith barbet on overcast days and during the night. Flight is feeble and reluctant.

21. Red-wattled Lapwing: (Vanellus indicus) Hindi name: Tatiri; 33 cms; upto 1800 mts. Sexes alike. Black head, neck and chest with prominent red wattles over each eye. Wings grey-brown, belly white and lovely yellow legs. A common plover found in wet fallows and stubble usually in the vicinity of water. In pairs or loose flocks feeding on insects, molluscs and vegetable matter. Often feeds till late at night and is a good runner. High-pitched call sounding like "did-he-do-it ?" repeated excitedly when disturbed.

22. Orange-breasted Green Pigeon: (Treorn bicincta) 30 cms; upto 1500 mts. Male: overall olive-green above with a band of lilac across upper breast and orange on lower breast. Slaty tail with dark subterminal band. Female: similar to the male but lacks the lilac and orange breast. Typical habits like other green pigeons with which it often associates, feeding on drupes and berries, the various sp. forming its diet. Call, a characteristic series of mellow whistles.  

23. Wedgetailed Green Pigeon: (Treron sphenura) Hindi name: Kokila; 33 cms; upto 2500 mts. A yellowish-green pigeon with a tapering tail and the male having an orange washed crown and maroon on the back and scapulars. Chin and throat are yellow and breast is a pale orange-pink. The female lacks the orange crown and maroon back and scapulars. Small flocks of six to fifteen birds feed on high trees like expert trapeze artists, clinging to leafy, fruit-laden branches. They commonly descend to the ground at salt-licks. Drupes and berries are swallowed entire and these birds are very partial to mulberry fruits (Morus). Its mellow and beautiful whistles give it give it the local name of 'Kokila'.

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