302 CLASS AVES. 



black above, whitish underneath. The male has a 

 black neck, with two white collars. 



Most of the foreign species have the bill more 

 slender than ours. Among these may be remarked 



The Houbara, or Ruffed Bustard^ Lath. Otis Houhara^ 

 Gm. Desfontaine's Acad, des Sci. 1787> pk 10, 

 Vieill. Gal. pi. 227. 



From Africa and Arabia ; so named on account 

 of the ruff of elongated feathers which ornament 

 the sides of the neck. 



Size of a capon, but longer. Light dun, with small 

 brown spots ; head with a white pendant crest ; neck- 

 feathers, whitish, black streaked, erectile. 



The Rhoda Bustard. Lath. Otis Rhoda. Gmel. is 

 probably the young or female. The Undulated 

 Trumpeter. Lath. Psophia Undulata. from Jacq. 

 Voy. t. 9. is certainly the young male or female of 

 this species with a hind toe added by the artist. See 

 Shaw Trav. t. at p. 252. Lever. Mus. t. 50. En. Meth. 

 t, 182. f. 3. 



I leave among the bustards all the species of 

 Latham, such as : 



White-eared Bustard. Lath. Ot. Afra. Lath. Syn. 

 II. pi. 79. Hist. t. 134. cop. Gm. t. 5. f. 1. 



Brown, undulated with blackish ; crown, brown, black 

 barred ; head, neck, and beneath, black ; ears, 

 whitish ; leg, yellow. 



The Otis Afra of Linnaeus, and the Knor Cock of 

 the Cape, see Kolbet, t, 7? f- 2, and Gm. t. 266. 



