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leaving the opeuiiig large and of a lengthened oval ; wings 

 long, with the second, third, tind fourth quills usually equal 

 and longest, and the tertials as long as the quills ; tail 

 moderate, broad, and rounded ; tarsi much longer than the 

 middle toe, and covered with small scales ; toes short, broad, 

 with the inner toe shorter thaia the outer, and all the fore 

 ones covered with narrow transverse scales ; the claws short, 

 very broad, and blunt. 



540. EupodotiS Cristata, Scop. ; Sonn. Voy. n. 

 Guin., t. 49 ; Otis Kori, Burch. Trav. S. A£, Vol. 1, 

 pp. 394, 402 ; Otis Lugoniensis, "Vieil. ; Gom-Paauiu 

 of Colonists ; Kori-Bustard. 



6 : general colour above, ashy-grey, with a tinge of ru- 

 fous in some examples ; paler on the wings (white in some), 

 all profusely mottled ; the wings with large black blotches ; 

 wing-feathers black ; head and neck grey, transversely 

 barred with black ; top of head black, much crested ; breast 

 and belly, white ; a half-collar of black between the grey of 

 the neck and the white of the chest ; legs yellow. Female 

 much smaller and duller coloured than the male, which 

 weighs from 30 to 35 lbs. Male, length, 56"; wing, 31"; 

 tail, le." Female : length, 44" ; wing, 23" ; tail, 14". 



The " Gom-Paauw '' is pretty generally distributed in favourable 

 localities ; open plains dotted with mimosa jungle in the Northern and 

 Eastern parts of the colony. It is a noble bird, and when seen 

 stalking about in its proper haunts, affords a sight to a hunter's eyes 

 never to be forgotten. It is migratory, as are all our Otidce, and is 

 more plentiful in some years than others ; their numbers depending 

 on the drought of the Interior, wlience they come. In habits and 

 food it resembles the rest ; but it is never found far from the mimosa 

 jungle that skirts the rivers. It can swallow a lizard or snake of con- 

 siderable size ; and a female shot by my friend, Mr. A. V. Jackson, 

 and myself disgorged the largest chameleon we had ever seen ; be- 

 sides this, its crop contained a mass of locusts, small snakes, &c. ! ! 



541. Eupodotis Caffra. (Lieht.) Less. Cat. Berl. 

 Mus., 1798; Cuvier, Vol. 3, p. 305; Otis Stanleyii, 

 Grey ; Otis RuJlcoUis, Cuv. 



Above, ashy, black waved and streaked ; eyebrows, chin, 

 nape, band on sides of neck and belly, white ; crown, quills, 

 and tail, white, with three black bands. Male, throat slate- 

 coloured ; female, band on crown and throat black, waved. 

 Length, 38" ; tarsi, 6". 



This bird is common in the Northern portions of the colony, particu- 

 larly about Beaufort and tliat neighbourhood. It rarely comes to the 



