HOUBARA(EDICNEMUS 727 



and there spotted with clear dark brown. In size they measure 

 about 2*38 by 1*77, and are generally slightly pointed towards 

 each end. 



The Fuerteventuran bird has been separated as a subspecific 

 form under the name Otisundulatafuertaventurce, but I do not 

 consider with sufficient reason. 



1014. MACQUEEN'S BUSTARD. 



HOUBARA MACQUEENI. 



Houbara macqueeni (Gray and Hardw.), 111. Ind. Zool. ii. pi. 47 (1834) ; 

 (Naum.), xiii. p. 216, ( Taf. 170 ; (Gould), B. of As. vii. pi. 58 ; 

 Newton, P.Z.S. 1861, pi. xxxix. fig. 5 (egg) ; (Dresser), vii. p. 395, 

 pi. 511; Sharpe, Cat. B. Br. Mus. xxiii. p. 318; Blanf. F. Brit. 

 Ind. Birds, iv. p. 196 ; Saunders, p. 527 ; Lilford, v. p. 10, pi. 3. 



Tiltir, Punjabi ; Taltir, Sindhi ; Holdra, Persian. 



g ad. (N.W. India). Differs from H. undulata in having the crest- 

 feathers black on the terminal portion, the back finely vermiculated and 

 blotched with black on a mfescent ochreous ground, the elongated pectoral 

 feathers blue-grey, and not white, and the tail with only three bars ; bill 

 blackish above, paler below ; legs and feet dull yellow ; iris yellow. 

 Culmen 1*7, wing 15'4, tail 8'6, tarsus 3*9 inch. 



Hob. N.W. India; Afghanistan, Persia, Central Asia; a rare 

 straggler to Europe, and has been met with in Germany, Poland, 

 Finland, Oland, Belgium, Holland, and four times in Great 

 Britain. 



In habits and nidification this species does not differ from 

 H. undulata, and its eggs closely resemble those of that species. 



(EDICNEMUS, Temm., 1815. 

 1015. STONE CURLEW. 



CEDICNEMUS SCOLOPAX. 



(Edicnemus scolopax (S. G. Grael.), Eeise Bussl. iii. p. 87, pi. 16 (1774) ; 

 Dresser, vii. p. 401, pi. 512 ; Blanf. F. Brit. Ind. Birds, iv. p. 204 ; 

 Saunders, p. 529 ; Lilford, v. p. 11, pi. 4 ; Poynting, i. p. 6, pi. 1 ; 

 C. cedicnemus, Linn. Syst. Nat. i. p. 255 (1766) ; (Sharpe), Cat. B. 

 Br. Mus. xxiv. p. 4 ; (E. crepitans, Temm. Man. d'Orn. p. 332 

 (1815) ; Naum. vii. p. 92, Taf. 172 ; Gould, B. of E. iv. pi. 288 ; id. 

 B. of Gt. Brit. iv. pi. 35 ; Hewitson, i. p. 288, pi. Ixxiv. 



CEdicnbme criard, French; Alcaravao, Portug. ; Alcaravdn, 

 Span. ; Occhione, Ital. ; Triel, Dickfuss, German ; Griel, Dutch ; 



