9. STPHBOTIS. 313 



1. Sypheotis aurita. 



White-cliiniiocl Bustard, Lath. Gen. Sijn. ii. pt. 2, p. 800 (1783). 



rassarao'e ]5ii.«tard, Jjcdh. Gen. Syn. Siip2)l. p. 228 (1787). 



Otis iudica, Gin, Syst. Aat. i. p. 725 (1788) ; Lath. Lid. Orn. ii. 

 p. 001 (1700) ; Miller, Vim. Phijs. tab. 33 (1796); VieiU. N. Did. 

 cl'IIist. ^\lt. xxiv. p. 29;J (1818). 



Oti,s aurita, Lath. Ind. Orn. ii. p. 000 (1790) ; Vieill. N. Diet. d'Hid. 

 Nat. xxiv. p. 290 (1818); Tcmm. PI. Col. v. pi. 533 (1832); 

 Gray, in Griffith's An. Kinyd. iii. p. 304 (1829) ; Less, in Belany. 

 Voy. pi. 10 (1834) ; Jard. ^- Selby, Lll. Orn. pis. 40 (d ), 92 ( $ ) ; 

 Hudys. Leon. ined. Miis. Brit., Giullae, pi. 42, nos. 10, 17 ; id. in 

 Gray's Zool. Misc. p. 85 (1844) ; Schl. Mus. Pays-Bas, Cursores, 

 p. 10 (1865). 



Otis atriceps. Gray, in Griffith's An. Kinyd. iii. p. 304 (1829). 



Otis marmorata, Gray Sf Ilardn: Lll. hid. Orn. i. pi. GO (1832). 



Otis fulva, Sykes, P. Z. S. 1832, p. 155. 



Sypheotides aurita. Less. Pcv. Zool. 1839, p. 47 ; Gray, List Grallte 

 Brit. Mus. p. 57 (1844); Blyth, Cat. B. Mus. As. Sac. p. 259 

 (1849) ; Irby, Ibis, 1801, p. 237 (Oudh) ; Jerd. B. Lnd. iii. p. 019 

 (18GJ); Gould, B. Asia, vii. pi. 57 (1806); Blyth, Ibis, 1867, 

 p. 163; Stoliczka, J. A. S. Beny. xli. p. 250 (1872: Cutch) ; 

 Hayes Lloi/d, Ibis, 1873, p. 415 (Kathiawar) ; Hume, Sir. F. i. 

 pp. 136, 228 (1873: Karachi) ; ^rfrt?«, t.c. p. 393 (Sambhur, July), 

 ii. p. 339 (1874: Sambbur) ; Ball, t.c. p. 428 (Chota A'agpur); 

 Lemess. Str. F. iii. p. 379 (1875 : Sind) ; Morgan, Ibis, 1875, 

 p. 323 (breediug) ; Butler, Str. F. iv. p. 10 (1876 : Deesa) ; Fairb. 

 t. c. pp. 262, 206 (Ueccan) ; Butler, Str. F. v. p. 231 (1877 : 

 Deesa, July to October) ; Ball, t. c. p. 419 (Godaveri district) ; 

 Davidson cV Wenden, Str. F. vii. p. 87 (1878 : Deecan, breeding) : 

 Murray, t. c. p. 109 (Sind) ; Ball, t. c. p. 226 (Godaveri); Hume 4- 

 Marshall, Game B. Ind. i. p. 34, pi. 6 (1878) ; Hume, Str. F. viii. 

 p. Ill (1879) ; Butler, Cat. B. Sind, etc., p. 66 (1879) ; id. Cat. B. 

 S. Bomb. Pres. p. 71 (1880); Vidal, Str. F. ix. p. 77 (1880: 

 S. K.mkan); Davidson, Str. F. x. p. 318 (1882: Kbandeish, 

 breeding) ; Hume, t. c. p. 412 (1883 : >ilghiris); Murray, Vertebr. 

 Faun. Sind, p. 220 (1884). 



Eupodotis aurita, Gray, Gen. B. iii. p. 633 (1845) ; id. Cat. Mamm. 

 etc. Nepal pres. Hodyson, p. 130 (1846) ; id. Hand-l B. iii. p. 9, 

 no. 9936 (1871). 



Comatotis aurita, Reichenb. Syst. Nat. pi. xxxl. fig. (1850) ; Bp. 

 C. a. -xUii. p. 410 (1856). 



Sypheotis aurita, Hume, Nests ^ Eggs Ind. B. p. 561 (1873) ; 

 Swinh. Sf Barnes, Ibis, 1875, p. 132 (Mhow ; breeding) ; Oates, ed. 

 Hume's Nests ^- Egy.% iii. p. 380 (1890). 



Adult male. General colour above dark sandy buff or ashy, 

 coarsely but definitely vermiculated and mottled with black, and 

 with numerous large spear-shaped markings or bars of black ; the 

 dorsal feathers varied with narrow ashy or whitish margins ; 

 inner secondaries like the back ; lower back, rump, and upper tail- 

 coverts more dingy than the upper back and more finely vermicu- 

 lated ; the upper tail-coverts with well-defined cross-bars of black ; 

 tail tawny buff, with four distinct black bands, the light interspaces 

 mottled with black markings ; the centre tail-feathers like the 



