A History of Indian Medical Literature v2.c29.249

v2.c29.249

592 Absent from Su.Sū.46. and A.s. P. Rāy and H.N. Gupta (1965): *Oedienemus crepitans*, the curlew. P.V. Sharma: curlew. Gulabkunverba: comb duck. R.K. Sharma and Bhagwan Dash: idem. S. Ali and S.D. Ripley do not describe a species known as *Oedicnemus crepitans*. See on the two subspecies of *Burhinus oedicnemus* (Linnaeus), the Indian stone curlew: S. Ali and S.D. Ripley 3, 1–4. See on *Sarkidiornis melanotos melanotos* (Pennant), the nakta or comb duck: S. Ali and S.D. Ripley 1, 192–193. K.N. Dave (1985: 370) regards the keśarin as a pelican; he adds that, as the different species of pelican are difficult to distinguish in the field, they are not differentiated in Sanskrit.