LITTLE B, 



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Genus LVI. BUSTARD. 



10. Paflarage B» 



Little Ballard, Gm. Syn, iv. p. 79^9, N'2. 

 Otis tctrax, /■«««. ^rag-. p. 79. 



'X'HIS fpecles is faid to be not uncommon in Spain as well as 

 France, and the flefh is by fome thought to tafte moft like 

 that of an Hare. Mr. lunfiall has one of thefe in his mufeum, 

 •which was fliot in Suffex, which, he informs me, proved zmale on 

 dilTeftion, although the black on the neck, the charaderiftic of 

 that fex, was wholly wanting, and fuppofed, before it was opened, 

 to have been z female. This is very frequent in the fouthern and 

 fouth-wefl: plains of RuJJia, and in fmall flocks when it migrates. 

 It continues a good way into the deferts of Tartary, but is never 

 feen in Sibiria *. 



ARABIAN B. 



Description. 



Arabian Buftard, Gen. Syn. iv. p. 801. N" 3. 



Le Paon fauvage de I'lfle de Lu9on, Son. Voy. p. 85. t. 



49. 



T ENGTH three feet. The bill long, pointed, ftralt, and a 

 little enlarged at the end j colour dufky black : the head,, 

 neck, and breaft, are light grey, marked with femicircular 

 lines of black : on the head is a long tuft of feathers ending in a 

 point, which the bird carries horizontally ; the fuperior feathers 



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