i 5 2 LITTLE BUSTARD. 



LITTLE BUSTARD. 



LESSER BUSTARD. 



PLATE CXLVII. FIGURE 1. 



Otis tetrax, PKXXANT. MONTAGU. 



rriHE nest is on the ground a mere hollow, under 

 -*- the shelter of any sufficiently high herbage that 

 may be proximate. 



The eggs are said to be from three to five in 

 number, olive brown in colour, sometimes varied with 

 patches of a darker shade of brown. 



MACQUEEN'S BUSTARD. 



PLATE CXLVII. FIGURE II. 



Otis Macqueenii, GRAY. 



r 1 1HE egg is of a light dull yellowish pale brown 

 colour, with some irregular blots over it. 



