446 RASORES. OTIS. BUSTARD- 



between the shoulders, is a space destitute of feathers, 

 but covered with a soft grey down. Scapulars buff- 

 orange, barred and spotted with black. Back, rump, 

 and tail-coverts reddish-orange, barred and variegated 

 with black. Lesser wing-coverts fine buff-orange, bar- 

 red with black. Greater coverts, and some of the se- 

 condaries bluish-grey, passing towards the tips into 

 greyish- white. Quills brownish-black, with their shafts 

 white. Tail-feathers white at their bases, passing to- 

 wards the middle into brownish-orange, with one or two 

 black bars ; the tips often white, and, when the feathers 

 are spread laterally, forming a segment of a circle. Up- 

 per part of the breast reddish-orange ; lower part, belly, 

 and vent white. Legs black, covered with round scales. 

 Irides reddish-brown. 



Female. Pi. ATE 64*. The female bird has the head, and the fore 

 part of the neck, of a deeper grey ; and is without the 

 moustaches and gular pouch. The back of the lower 

 part of the neck reddish-orange. The other parts of her 

 plumage are similar to the male. Is seldom more than 

 one-third of the size of the other sex. 



Young. The young, at a month old, are covered with a buff-co- 



loured down, barred upon the back, wings, and sides, 

 with black. 



