85. THE INDIAN HOUBARA- 

 BUSTARD. 



Houbara macqueeni, (Gray). 



Length of the tarsus less than one- 

 third the length of the wing. 



Exposed part of the first ten quills of 

 the wing largely white. 



A ruff down the sides of the neck. 



MALE :— Larger; wing about i6. 

 FEMALE :— Smaller ; wing about 15. 



Vernacular Names : — Tiloor, Boom- 

 bara, Punjab ; Taloor, Sind. 



The Indian Houbara-Bustard is apparently 

 only a winter visitor to India, arriving at 

 the end of August or the beginning of 

 September, and leaving again in March 

 or April. 



This Bustard is found in the plains of 

 the Punjab, Sind, Rajputana, Northern 

 Guzerat, and Cutch, and its limits to the 

 east appear to be the Jumna River as far 

 as Delhi, and thence a line drawn to 

 Baroda. 



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