BUSTARD. 22^ 



Inhabits India. Called Pajfarage Plover*. The fimilarity Plage, 



^of markings in this and nny White- eared Buftard zrt worth obferva- 

 tioDj as one drawing might almoft ferve to reprefenc both birds j 

 but the laft defcribed, being much fmaller in lizej with the 

 addition of the long capillary feathers on the ears, feem to 

 determine its being a different fpecies. 



In the poirefllon of Mrs. Wheeler I find a fpecimen of a bird, 

 which I fuppofe to be the female of the above. It is nineteen 

 inches or more in length, and the plumage not unlike that of the 

 Little Bujlardi but lefs delicate in its markings. I find that it is 

 known in India by the name of Oorail; by fome of the EngliJB 

 called Flercher. It is much efteemed, confequently greatly 

 fought after ; but though it is not uncommon, very few are taken, 

 as it is a very fliy bird. The flefli of the breaft is part white, part 

 brown, and is accounted a great delicacy. 



* Lady Impey, 



Or DiR 



