ORDER ORALLY. 303 



Indian Bustard. Lath. Ot. Bengalensis. Lath. 

 Hist. t. 250. cop. En. Meth. t. 5. f. 3. 



Black ; above, fulvous-brown ; back, black spotted ; 

 tail, black banded ; wing-coverts, white. Bengal, 

 called Charge. 



But I withdraw from Latham's species — 



Thick-kneed Bustard, which begins the following 

 genus, on account of its compressed bill, swelled at 

 the end. 



Nubian Bustard. Otis Nuba. Rupp. pi. 1. 



Eyebrows and throat, black ; neck, bluish-ash ; collar, 

 reddish ; body, above, bay, with scattered mult- 

 angular black streaks ; beneath, white ; feet, yellow. 

 North Africa. Length, twenty-seven inches ; tarsus, 

 four inches. 



African Bustard. Lath. H. Ot. Denhami. Chil- 

 dren. 



Head, whitish ; crown and band from angle of mouth 

 to nape, black ; neck, pale-butf; back, vermiculated 

 white and dark-brown ; beneath, white ; wing, varied 

 black and white ; tail and vent, black and white 

 banded. Central Africa. Mus. Brit. Mr. Salt. 



Collared Bustard. Ot. Torquata. Cuv. 



A new species from the Cape ; which has not been 

 described. 



Arabian Bustard. Lath. Ot. Arabs. Lin. Edw. t. 

 12. cop. Enc. Meth. t. 5. f. 2. Ruppel. Atlas, t. 



Reddish, blackish streaked ; beneath, white ; ears, 



