200 OTIDID^ 



MACQUEEN'S BUSTARD. Otis macqueeni (J. E. Gray). 



Coloured Figures. Dresser, * Birds of Europe,' vol. vii, pi. 511 ; 

 Lilford, ' Coloured Figures,' vol. v, pi. 3. 



Four instances only of this Oriental species are known 

 to have occurred in our Isles. Those from eastern coun- 

 ties of England, are as follows : One taken near Kirton- 

 in-Lindsey, Lincolnshire, in October, 1847, and preserved 

 in the Museum of the Philosophical Society of York. A 

 second, an adult male, obtained near Bedcar, on October 

 5th, 1892, and preserved in the Newcastle Museum. A 

 third taken near Holderness, on October 17th, 1896 

 (Saunders). 



In addition to these records, Mr. W. Eagle Clarke, in the 

 Ann. Scot. Nat. Hist. (1899, p. 78), mentions a Macqueen's 

 Bustard obtained inPitfour, Aberdeenshire, on October 24th, 

 1898. (Vide also Bull. B.O.C., No. Iv.) 



This bird has on several occasions wandered to Germany 

 and other countries of Central Europe. 



DESCRIPTIVE CHARACTERS. 



PLUMAGE. Adult male nuptial. Feathers of the back of 

 the head elongated into a white crest tipped with black, the 

 ruff on the sides of the neck being, for the most part, of the 

 same colour ; back and wings, buff, finely streaked, freckled, 

 and vermiculated with black ; tail, tinged with light reddish- 

 brown, banded with three black bars and tipped with white ; 

 throat, pale grey with fine black frecklings ; upper part of 

 breast, bluish-grey, lower part and abdomen, white. 



Adult female nuptial. Lighter in colour than the male 

 plumage, with shorter crest and ruff ; frecklings on the lower 

 part of throat and fore-neck coarser than those of the male. 



Adult winter, male and female. Somewhat resembles 

 the female nuptial plumage. 



Immature, male and female. Resembles the adult female 

 plumage, but can be distinguished by the buff-coloured 

 1 arrow-headed ' markings of the back and wings. 



BEAK. Upper segment, chiefly dusky bluish-black ; lower 

 segment, paler or greenish. 



FEET. Pale yellow. 



IRIDES. Pale shading to bright yellow. 



EGOS. Bather resemble those of the Great Bustard but 



