tag="{http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml}a">118).

III. LEGS

Birds with very long legs

1. The White-breasted Water-hen (174). (Moderately long.)

2. The Purple Coot (175).

3. The Cranes (177-179).

4. The Stone Curlew (180).

5. The Lapwings (183 and 184).

6. The Black-winged Stilt (187).

7. The Avocet (188).

8. The Curlew (189).

9. The Whimbrel (190).

10. The Spoonbill (215).

11. The Storks (216-221).

12. The Common Flamingo (226).

13. The Indian Spur-winged Plover (184a).

Birds with legs feathered to the toe

1. The Owls (135-139).

2. The True Eagles (146).

3. The Sandgrouse.

IV. TAIL

1. Birds with the tail deeply forked

1. The Drongos (25-27).

2. The Swallows (88-90).

3. The Palm Swift (125).

4. The Common Kite (152). (Tail slightly forked. This distinguishes the Kite from all other raptorial birds which have round, square, or wedge-shaped tails.)

5. The Terns (200-206).

2. Birds with long tails (i.e. long in proportion to rest of body)

1. The Indian Tree-pie (5).

2. The King Crow (25).

3. The White-bellied Drongo (26).

4. The Larger Racket-tailed Drongo (27).

5. The Tailor Bird (cock in breeding plumage when the two middle feathers are prolonged as two bristles) (28).

6. The Paradise Flycatcher (cock only) (