320 OTiiiiD^. 



webs with more or less black freoklings, all the under tail-coverts 

 with a concealed tinge of pink at the base ; under wing-coverts and 

 axillaries, as well as the quill-lining, pure white : " biU bluish or 

 dusky above, paler, usually greenish or yellowish, on gape and lower 

 mandible ; feet pale yellow, never clean and bright, mostly with a 

 dmgy or greenish or plumbeous tinge, at times creamy ; iris 

 varying from pale to bright yellow " {A. 0. Hume). Total length 

 about 28 inches, culmen 1-8, wing 15-7, tail 9-5, tarsus 4-9. 



Adult female. Differs from the male in being very much smaller, 

 and in having the crest and the ruff of the neck more feebly 

 developed, the freckling on the fore neck and lower throat appearing 

 to be rather coarser than in the male. Total length 23 inches, 

 culmen 1'65, wing 16, tail 7, tarsus 3'7. 



Young birds. Can always be recognized from the adult female, 

 which they most resemble, by the sandy-coloured arrowhead mark- 

 ings which pervade the whole of the upper plumage. The frill 

 is always very small, the crest on the head is represented only by a 

 few elongated feathers, which are only recognized by somewhat 

 coarser black freckUngs. The grey on the fore neck is almost obscured 

 by sandy frecldings, and the white of the primaries is distinctly 

 inclined lo sandy buff ; in some specimens there is an indication of 

 a black band on the feathers of the fore neck. 



Hab. Throughout the plains portions of the Punjab, Rajputana 

 north of the Arvalis, Northern Guzerat, Cutch, and the northern 

 parts, at any rate, of Kathiawar and Sindh (A, 0. Hume). Central 

 Asia, eastwards into Persia. It has occurred accidentally in many 

 parts of Europe. 



a. Ad. St. India. 



h. 2 imm. sk. Abdul Rahman, Afghanistan, Colonel Swinhoe 



Feb. 12. [P.]. 



c. Imm. sk. N.W. India. GeneralMacqueen[P.], 



(Tj'pe of species.) 



d, e. S 2 ad. sk. Hissar, Punjab, Dec. {J. Tweeddale Coll. 



Biddulph). 

 f.-y'. S ad. et Sirsa, Punjab, Cold season. Hume CoU. 

 jiiv. ; h'-m" . 2 

 ad. et juv. sk. 

 w", o". cf 2 'id- sk. Giu-gaon District, Feb. {A. Hume Coll. 



O. H.). 

 p", q". 2 juv. sk. Gurgaon District, Feb., March Hume Coll. 



( W. N. Chill), 

 r". Juv. sk. Jodhpur {A. O. if.). Hume Coll. 



s". 2 imm.sk. Karachi, Feb. 18 (-E. A. Hume Coll. 



Butler), 

 t". Ad. sk. Muscat. Colonel Miles [P.]. 



u". Juv. St. [Central Asia.] Purchased, 



2. Houbara undulata. 



Le Houbara ou Petite outarde hupp^e d'Afrique, Buff". Hist. Nat. ii. 



p. 59 (1771). 

 Ruffed Bustard, Lath. Gen. Syn. ii. pt. 2, p. 805 (1783). 



