stilt-birds

Updated: May 11, 2025

VI. GRALLÆ. On reaching the marshy plains and shallow lagoons on either side of the island, the astonishment of the stranger is excited by the endless multitudes of stilt-birds and waders which stand in long array within the wash of the water, or sweep in vast clouds above it.

Sir James Emerson Tennent - Sketches of the Natural History of Ceylon