450 RASORES. OTIS. BUSTARD. 



except the tip, which is spotted with black ; the next 

 four white, with one black bar near the tips ; those 

 next to the body long, white, with three black bars. 

 Breast and sides white, transversely barred with black. 

 Middle of the belly, thighs, and vent, white. The roots 

 or downy bases of the feathers of the under parts are 

 flesh-red. Tail of eighteen feathers ; the four middle 

 ones cream-yellow, with four black bars ; the rest white, 

 barred and spotted with black. Legs yellowish-grey, 

 reticulated ; toes short. First quill-feather about half 

 an inch shorter than the second and third, which are of 

 equal length. 



The female resembles the male in the above state, except 

 that the black spots and bars upon the upper parts of 

 the body are not so intense. 



The male, in the adult state, or perhaps during the pair- 

 ing-season only, has a white collar upon the upper and 

 lower region of the throat, and the intermediate part 

 black. In other respects as in the winter plumage. 



END OF THE FIRST VOLUME. 



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