EUPODOTIS 165 



Genus EUPODOTIS. 



This genus, which contains but one species occurring within our 

 limits, the largest of our Indian Bustards, can be distinguished at 

 a glance from any other by its large size, combined with its black- 

 crested crown. The sexes are alike in plumage, but the male very 

 greatly exceeds the female in size. The genus Eupodotls contains 

 altogether four species, two African, one Indian, and one Australian, 

 which, as I have already said, is very closely allied to the Indian. 



EUPODOTIS EDWARDSI. 

 THE GREAT INDIAN BUSTARD. 



Otis edwardsii, Q,ay in Hardw. Ind. Zool. i (1830) ; Ilumc, S. F. i, 

 p. 227 ; Adam, ibid. p. 393 ; id. ibid, ii, p. 339. 



Eupodotis edwardsii, Blijth, Cat. p. 258. 



Eupodotis edwardsi, Jerdon, B. of I. iii, p. 607 ; Stoliczka, J. A. S. B. 

 xli, p. 250 ; Hume, Nests and Eggs, p. 557 ; id. S. F. i, pp. 125, 237 ; 

 Butler, ibid, iv, p. 9 ; Ball, ibid. p. 234 ; Fairbanks, ibid. pp. 262, 

 266; Hume d Marsh. Game-B. i, p. 7 ; Davis (f Wend, S. F. vii, 

 p. 87 ; Ball, ibid. p. 266 ; Tweedie, ibid. p. 528 ; Hume, ibid, viii, 

 p. Ill ; Wilson, ibid. p. 490 ; Butler, Cat. B. of S. etc. p. 56 ; id. Cat. 

 B. of S. Bom. Pres. p. 71 ; Davidson, S. F. x, p. 318 ; Murray, Vert. 

 Fauna Sind, p. 217 ; Barnes, B. of Bom. p. 320 ; Oates in Hume's 

 N. it E. 2nd Edit, iii, p. 375 ; Blanf. Avifauna, B. I. iv, p. 194 ; Sliarpe, 

 Cat. B. M. xxiii, p. 325 ; id. Hand-L. i, p. 176 ; Gates, Cat. Eggs 

 B. M. ii, p. 90 ; Gates, Game-B. i, p. 399 ; Barnes, J. B. N. H. S. i, 

 p. 57 ; Eayment, ibid, ix, p. 107 : Stuart Baker, ibid, xxi, p. 303 

 (1912) ; Simcox, ibid, xxii, p. 201 (1913) • G. G. Allen, ibid, xxvi, 

 p. 633 (1919). 



Vernacular Names. Ghorar, Kathiawar; Tugdar, Punjab; Guratjin, 

 Hariana ; Solium, Gughimbher, Hukiia, H., Serailu, H. (Nerbudda) ; 

 Bherar, Saugor ; Hinii, Mahr ; Mardonk, Maldlionk, Karadhonk, 

 Karlunk, Deccan ; Tokdar of Mahomedan Falconers ; Gurahna, 

 Sind ; Bat-Meka, Bat-myaka, Tel. ; Batta-mekha, Yanadi ; Gunad, 

 Pardi; Kanal-Myle,Ta,m.; Heri-hukki, Arl-kujiua-liukki, Yereladdu, 

 Can; Dhoom chiriya, Mirzapur. 



