n. nOTTBARA. 321 



Psopbia undulata, Jacq. Beytr. p. 24, pi. 9 (1784) ; Gm. Syst. Nat 



p. 721 (1788). 

 Otis houbaia, Desf. M6m. de CAcad. Roy. Sci. 1787, p. 496, pi. x. ; 



Gm. Syst. Nat. i. p. 725 (1788); Vieill. N. Diet, d' Hid. Nat. 



xxiv. p. 29.3 (1818) ; Temm. Man. d'Orn. ii. p. 509 (1820) ; Webb 



^- Berth. Orn. Canar. p. 30 (1841); Werner, Atlas, Coureurs, 



pi. 4 (1827) ; Brehm, Vdy. D.-utschl. p. 5.34 (1831) ; Vieill. Gal. 



Ois. ii. pi. 227 (1834) ; RUpp. Mm. Senck. ii. p. 242 (1837) ; 



Gould, B. Eur. iv. pi. 268 (1837); Keys. u. Bias. Wirb. Eur. 



p. Lxvii (1840); Bolle, J.f. O. 1855, p. 174 (S. Lanzarote), 1857, 



p. 334 (Fuerteveutura) ; Lindenn. Vdy. Griechenl. p. 127 (1860) ; 



Wriyht, Ibis, 18<J4, p. 140 (Malta) ; Sundeu. Sv. Foyl. pi. Ixxv. 



%. 3 (1809) ; Doderl. Avif. Sicil. p. 171 (1869) ; Saunders, Ibis, 



1875, p. 385 (Andalucia) ; Garney, t. c. p. 296 (.Vlgeria) ; Shelley, 



B. Eyypt, p. 225 (1872) ; Godman, Ibis, 1872, p. 219 (Canaries) ; 



Tristr. Faun. .^ Flor. Palest, p. 127 (1884) ; Koeniy, J.f. 0. 1888, 



p. 267 (Tunis). 

 Undulated Trumpeter, Lath. Gen. Syn. Suppl. ii. p. 225 (1787 : 



Tripoli). 

 Clilaniydoti.s houbara. Less. Rev. Zool. 1839, p. 47 ; Gray, List Gen, 



B. p. 64 (1840) ; Licht. Nomencl. Av. p. 88 (1854). 

 Houbara undulata, Gray, List Gen. B. p. 84(1841); id. List Grallce 



Brit. Mws. p. 57 (1844); Riipp. Syst. Uebers. p. 110 (1845); 



Heugl. Syst. Uebers. p. 53 (1856) ; Bp. C. R. xliii. p. 416 (1856) ; 



Salvin, Ibis, 1859, p. .353 (E. Atlas) ; Tristr. Ibis, I860, p. 76 



(Sabara) ; Loche, Expl. Sci. Alyer., Ois. ii. p. 254 (1867) ; Salvad. 



Faun. Ital., Ucc. p. 196 (1871) ; Irby, B. Gibr. p. 153 (1875) ; id. 



Ibis, 1879, p. 345 (xMalaga) ; Giyl. Ibis, 1881, p. 184 (Malta) ; id. 



Avif. Ital. p. 304 (1886) ; id. ibid. Ist Resoc. p. 561 (1889) ; Salvad. 



Elench. Ucc. Ital. p. 283 (1887). 

 Otis bubiii-a, Miihle, Beitr. Orn. Griechenl. p. 90 (1844) ; Schl. Mm. 



Pays-Bas, Cursores, p. 3 (1865: Tripoli); Heugl. Orn. N.O.-Afr. 



ii. pt. 1, p. 961 (1873). 

 Otis bouabara, Schl. Rev. Crit. p. Ixxx (1844, pt.). 

 Eupodotis boubara. Gray, Gen. B. iii. p. 553 (1845) ; id. Hand-l. B. 



iii. p. 9, no. 9937 (1871). 

 Otis ornata, Brehm, Voyelf. p. 278 (1855). 

 Houbara boubara, Deyl. ^- Gerbe, Orn. Eur. ii. p. 103 (1867); 



Hartert, Eat. Vdy. Senckenb. Mus. p. 208 (1891). 

 Otis undulata. Dresser, B. Eur. vii. p. 391, pi. 510 (1876) ; Reid, 



Ibis, 1888, p. 76 (Canaries) ; Meade- Waldo, Ibis, 1889, pp. 9, 11 



(Fuerteveutura). 



Adult male. Similar to H. macqueenii, but much more broadly 

 and coarsely banded with black on the back ; the crown of the 

 head dark brown, with a median crest of white feathers ; the patch 

 of long feathers on the fore neck white, instead of bluish grey, and 

 the plumes composing it much longer and more dependent : " biU 

 greyish brown ; tarsi and feet greenish ; iris very pale greenish " 

 {Loche). Total length about 30 inches, culmen 1-5, wing 14-8, tail 

 8'1, tarsus 3-75. 



Adult female. Smaller than the male, with the crost-feathers and 

 breast-shield less developed. 



Hub. Countries bordering the Mediterranean, and the Canary 

 Islands, extending eastwards to Armenia {^Dresser). 



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