200 OTIDIDA 
MACQUEEN’S BUSTARD. Otis macqueeni (J. E. Gray). 
Coloured Figures.—Dresser, ‘ Birds of Europe,’ vol. vi, pl. 511; 
Lilford, ‘ Coloured Figures,’ vol. v, pl. 3. 
Four instances only of this Oriental species are known 
to have occurred in our Isles. Those, from eastern coun- 
ties of England, are as follows :—One taken near Kirton-in- 
Lindsey, Lincolnshire, in October, 1847, and preserved in 
the Museum of the Philosophical Society of York. A 
second, an adult male, obtained near Redcar, on October 
5th 1892, and preserved in the Newcastle Museum. A 
third taken near Holderness, on October 17th, 1896 
(Saunders). 
In addition to these records, Mr. W. Eagle Clarke, in the 
Ann. Scot. Nat. Hist. (1899, p. 78), mentions a Macqueen’s 
Bustard obtained in Pitfour, Aberdeenshire, on October 24th, 
1898. (Vide also Bull. B.O.C., No. lv.) 
This bird has on several occasions wandered to Germany 
and other countries of Central Europe. 
DESCRIPTIVE CHARACTERS. 
PLUMAGE. Adult male nuptial_Feathers of the back of 
the head elongated into a white crest tipped with black, the 
ruff on the sides of the neck being, for the most part, of the 
same colour; back and wings, buff, finely streaked, freckled, 
and vermiculated with black; tail, tinged with light reddish- 
brown, banded with three black bars and tipped with white ; 
throat, pale grey with fine black frecklings ; upper part of 
breast, bluish-grey, lower part and abdomen, white. 
Adult female nuptial—lLighter in colour than the male 
plumage, with shorter crest and ruff; frecklings on the lower 
part of throat and fore-neck coarser than those of the male. 
Adult winter, male and female.—Somewhat resembles 
the female nuptial plumage. 
Immature, male and female-—Resembles the adult female 
plumage, but can be distinguished by the buff-coloured 
‘arrow-headed’ markings of the back and wings. 
Brak. Uppersegment, chiefly dusky bluish-black; lower 
segment, paler or greenish. 
FEET. Pale yellow. 
IRIDES. Pale shading to bright yellow. 
Kaas. Rather resemble those of the Great Bustard but 
