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OTIDID.E. 



Otis tetrax. LITTLE BUSTARD. 

 Otis Tetrax, Linnaus, S. N. i. p. 264 (1766). 



Otis tetrax, Naum. vii. p. 52; Macg. iv. p. 35; Hewitson, 

 p. 287; Gray, p. 134; Yarr. ed. 2, ii. p. 426; id. ed. 3, 

 ii. p. 452 ; Gould, iv. pi. 18 ; Harting, p. 42 ; Dresser, 

 vii. p. 383. 



The Little Bustard, Yarr. ed. 1, ii. p. 371. 



Tetrax = re'rpag, a bird known to the ancient Greeks. Akin to 

 TeTpcHDv, TerpdSwv, Lithuanian tefervas, Sanskrit tittirfa, Old Norse tkidr, 

 Latin turtur all names of birds, which may perhaps be onomatopaeic (Curtius, 

 p. 242) ; cf. rerpaw I cackle. Perhaps it is a Persian word. 



A somewhat rare visitant from Southern Europe to Eng- 

 landj Scotland, and Ireland, having always been obtained in 

 winter dress. It inhabits the southern portions of Europe, 

 Asia as far east as India, and North Africa. 



Genus HOUBARA, Bonaparte, Sagg. Distr. Met. An. 

 Vert., Aggiunte, p. 142 (1831). 



Houbara, the Arabic name for a Bustard. 



Houbara macqueeni. MACQUEEN'S BUSTARD. 



Otis Macqueeni i, J. E. Gray, Illustr. of Indian Zool. 

 ii. pi. 47 (1833-34). 



Otis houbara, Naum. vii. p. 66. 



Otis macqueenii, Naum. xiii. p. 216; Gould, Introd. p. ciii. 



Eupodotis undulata, Gray, p. 134. 



Otis macqueeni, Yarr. ed. 3, ii. p. 457; Harting, p. 131; 



Dresser, vii. p. 395. 

 Macqueen's Bustard, Yarr. ed. 1, 2nd suppl. p. 33. 



Macqueeni, in honour of the sender of the specimen described by J. E. Gray. 

 Cf. ' List of Specimens of Birds, B. M.,' part iii. p. 57 (1844). 



Has only once occurred, in Lincolnshire, in October 1847. 

 Inhabits the plains of Western Asia, ranging as far east as 

 North-west India. Accidental in Europe. 



