724 OTIS 



Outarde barbue, French ; Batarda, Portug. ; Abutarda, Span. ; 

 Otarda, Ital. ; Grosstrappe, German ; Stor- Trappe, Dan. ; Stor- 

 Trappe, Swed. : Dropha, Russ. ; Dudak, Tartar ; ffoubara, Arab. 



ad. (Spain). Head pale ashy grey ; hind neck and upper parts 

 yellowish red, the latter barred with black ; tail at base and tip greyish 

 white otherwise reddish, with a broad subterminal black band, the 

 middle feathers with a central black band ; quills greyish black, the 

 secondaries chiefly white ; larger median coverts and spurious wing greyish 

 white ; at the base of the mandible on each side a bunch of long bristles ; 

 throat and fore neck greyish white ; lower neck and breast reddish chestnut, 

 marked with black, below which is a pale ashy grey band ; under parts 

 white ; bill dull plumbeous grey, blackish towards the tip ; legs dirty 

 earth-grey ; iris dark brown. Culmen 2'5, wing 26'0, tail ll'O, tarsus 6*2 

 inch. The female is smaller, has the chin white, the head, neck, and 

 upper breast pale French-grey, and the rufous pectoral band and whiskers 

 are wanting. 



Hob. Central and Southern Europe, now rare in Southern 

 Sweden, formerly an inhabitant of England but now an occa- 

 sional straggler ; rare in North Africa, Asia Minor, and Central 

 Asia, and has once occurred in North-west India. 



Inhabits plains, in preference grass land and cultivated 

 localities where the country is open. It is eminently wary and 

 shy, flies with ease, and usually when alarmed seeks safety 

 in flight. It feeds on vegetable matter of various kinds, and to 

 some extent also on insects. The nest is a mere depression in 

 the soil, and the eggs, which are usually deposited in May, 

 2 to 3 in number, are dull olive-brown or olive-green clouded 

 with dark brown, sometimes almost uniform dull bluish, and 

 measure about 3'22 by 212. 



1011. SIBERIAN BUSTARD. 

 OTIS DYBOWSKII. 



Otis dybowsJcii, Tacz. J. f. 0. 1874, p. 331 ; Seebohm, B. Jap. Emp. 

 p. 355 ; Sharpe, Cat. B. Br. Mus. xxiii. p. 286 ; Tacz. F. O. Sib. O. 

 p. 790. 



Toodok, Buriat ; No-gan, Jap. ; Ti-pou, Chinese. 



<J ad. Differs from 0. tarda in being smaller, the black dorsal bands 

 are sparser, the wing-coverts white, the bristles at the base of the bill more 

 numerous and pure white, the front of the neck covered with a full mane 

 of long, narrow, curled white feathers. Culmen 3'0, wing 25'19, tail 

 9*63, tarsus 5*52 inch. The young bird has fewer moustachial bristles and 

 lacks the mane on the front of the neck. 



