EUPODOTIS EDWARDS! 185 



added rats, mice and similar animals, young birds and much vegetable 

 matter, such as the shoots of young mustard, young wheat, lemon- 

 grass, etc. 



Two or three of my correspondents have mentioned this Bustard's 

 curious taste for snakes, and the natives generally give it credit for 

 being a constant slayer and devourer of those reptiles. 



Our plate of Eupodotis edwardsi is an excellent one, but the 

 colouration of the back in both male and female is too red and should 

 be more of a sandy-buff. It must also be noted that the white eye- 

 brow, as shown in the female, is not a sex-difference, but only an 

 individual characteristic. 



