MACQUEEN'S BUSTARD 201 



the ground-colour shows less of a greenish shade : clutch, 

 three. 



AVERAGE MEASUREMENTS. 



TOTAL LENGTH 28 in. 



WING ... 15-5 



BEAK ... T8 



TARSO-METATARSUS ... ... 4*9 ,, 



EGG 2-55 x 1*7 in. 



Allied Species and Representative Forms, "In the 

 African Ruffed Bustard, 0. undulata, the ground-colour is 

 more rufous, the vermiculations are coarser, the tail is 

 broadly crossed with five dark bars, and the elongated 

 feathers of the crest and lower throat are white. The latter 

 species occurs on Lanzarote, the nearest of the Canary 

 Islands to Africa " (Saunders). 



