THE BUSTARD. 



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barred transversely with bright rust colour and 

 black ; the belly is white, and the tail, which 

 consists of twenty feathers, is barred with red 

 and black. The female is little more than half 

 as large as the male, and her colours are less 

 bright. The top of her head is of a deep 

 orange, and the remaining part is brown. She 

 also varies from the male in not having a tuft 

 on each side of the head. 



