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The Nilgiris are undulating and downlike, hence the kites are able, while hovering higher than the summits of the hills, to see what is happening in the valleys.

From Birds of the Indian Hills by Dewar, Douglas

These white, fluffy, downlike feathers grow on the lower underpart of the body of the Maribou Stork.

From The Bird Study Book by Pearson, Thomas Gilbert