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OTIDIDJE. CHAEADEIID2E. 



Europe, rarely 

 in N. Africa, 

 Central Asia. 



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S. & C. Europe, 

 N. Africa. 



S.W. Asia to 

 N. India. 



OTIDIDJE. 



(No hind toe.) 



263. GREAT BUSTAED. Otis tarda^ Linnaeus. Extinct as a resident 

 since about 1838 : now an irregular visitor. 



Male. Head bluish grey ; general colour above reddish buff, with black 

 bands on each feather ; wings white or greyish, except the dark pri- 

 maries ; tuft of long bristly white feathers from base of bill ; band of 

 rich chestnut across breast, with grey band underneath, below this 

 white. 



Female and young male. Without bristles on throat or band on chest, 

 and back more banded with black. Length : male 45 inches, female 36. 



264. LITTLE BUSTAED. Otis tetrax, Linnaeus. Eare visitor: chiefly 

 to England in autumn. 



Male in spring till August. General colour above sandy brown ; throat 

 and cheeks bluish black, with two white gorget-marks across. 



Adult male. Back vermiculated with black, but otherwise in winter 

 resembles the female. 



Female. Back spotted or blotched with black on sandy-brown ground- 

 colour ; underparts white ; iris golden yellow. Length 16-17 inches. 



265. INDIAN HOUBAEA BUSTAED. Otis macqueeni, J. E. Gray. One 

 occurrence in Lincolnshire, 1847 ; several in Belgium, &c. 



Male. Above finely vermiculated with black on a light buff ground ; 

 crest of white feathers tipped with black ; black ruff on sides of neck, 

 with a few pied and white feathers on the lower part ; tail with three 

 bluish bars. 



Female. Like male, but crest and ruff smaller. Length 28-30 inches. 



S. Europe and 

 N. Africa, 

 wintering in 

 S. Africa. 



Order LIMIC OL-33. Family GLAREOLID^. 



266. PEATINCOLE. Glareola pratincola (Linna3us). Irregular straggler 

 on migration. 



Axillaries chestnut-red ; tail much forked. 



Above dull brown ; rump and tail-coverts white ; throat buff, bordered 

 by a black line meeting at the gape, forming a bridle or collar; wings 

 very long, about 7J inches. Length 9-10 inches. 



(Hind toe absent in most species.) 



267. THICK-KNEE, or STONE-CUELEW. (Edicnemus scolopaac (S. G. 

 Gmelin). Spring to autumn ; some remain in Devon and Cornwall 

 through the winter. 



Two obscure white bands across (extended) wings ; breast streaked ; 



