ALKC'I'ORIDES— OriDin.K 315 



Eupodotis arabs (L.\ 



,t Above sandy brown with black vcrniiculations, side?; of 

 crown and of crest black ; neck j^rey brown, barred dull white ; 

 win.i; coverts white tipped, ciuills white mottled and barred blue 

 grey ; tail white with brown bars ; beneath white. Bill yellow 

 brown, darker above. Legs and feet yellow. Wing 560-625. 

 Tarsus iSo-200. Bill 80-90. 9 Smaller ; tail more yellowish 

 brown. Wing 470-530. Bill 75-80 (H.). 



Rcsideiif. — Morocco, N.W. Algeria, Sahara, X.E. Africa and 

 Arabia. 



Chlamydotis. 



Distinctly crested. 



Chlamydotis undulata undulata (Jacquin). Houbara 

 Bustard. 



(^ 9 Above reddish buff freckled and indistinctly barred 

 black ; crest long and white ; primaries partly white, secondaries 

 white ; tail reddish buff with blue grey bars and white tips ; 

 beneath white, freckled black on neck, with a long ruff, black 

 on sides of neck and white in front. Bill grey brown, with darker 

 tip and yellow towards base. Legs and feet grey. Wing ^ 385- 

 400, 9 330-360. Tarsus r( 90-101, 9 86-94. liill $ 35-42, ^ 

 35-40 (H.). 



Resident. — N. Sahara and high lying plains of Atlas Range in 

 N. Africa (rare in Morocco). Occasionally straggles to S. Europe, 

 recorded Malta, Italy, Spain ; and occurs Egypt west of Nile. 



C. undulata macqueeni (Gray). Crest tipped black, foreneck 

 and chest grey without freckles, bars on upper parts more 

 pronounced. Wing $ 386-428, $ 356-370 (H.). 



Breeds. — C. and S.W. Asia and in Egypt east of Nile. Occurs 

 regularly outside breeding season in S. Russia and occasionally 

 further west in Europe, even to Britain. 



O. undulata fuertaventurae (Rothschild and Hartert). 

 Above paler buff with larger black markings than in typical 

 "undulata"; no white tips to tail and blue grey bars broader 

 and darker. Wing ^ 37o-375j 9 320-348 (H.). 



Resident. — E. Canaries (Fuerteventura and Lanzarote). 



