GREAT BUSTARD. .") 



which they are tinted with reddish orange; underneath it is 

 barred with dusky grey; upper tail coverts, pale chesnut, barred 

 with black; under tail coverts, white. The legs, covered with 

 round scales, toes, and claws, blackish, the latter three in 

 number. 



Female; length, three feet; the head and neck are of a deeper 

 grey, nape, reddish orange; the chin is without the plume 

 until the bird is of mature age three or four years old, and 

 then it is said to appear, but less developed than in the male. 



The young at first are covered with buff-coloured down, 

 barred on the back, wings, and sides with black. 



The plate is from a beautiful drawing obligingly made for 

 this work by John G-atcombe, Esq., of Plymouth. 



