304 CLASS AVES. 



erect, crestlike. The Lohong of Mocha. Arabia 

 Felix. 



The Luconian Peacock of Soimerat, t. 49, is 

 perhaps a variety. 



Passarage Bustard. Lath. Otis Aurita. Lath. 

 Penn. Hind. ij. at p. 271. 



Black ; body above, brown ; ears, with four or five 

 long bristles, feathered at the top ; ear and wing 

 spots, white. India. Length, eighteen inches. The 

 Worail of India, and the Flercher of the English in 

 India. 



The Abyssinian Bustard. Lath. H. Ot. Ahyssinica. 

 Gray. 



Marbled like Ot. Tarda^ but beneath with black cross 

 lines ; crest, long, black ; neck, greyish-white, black 

 lined; tail, white, brown banded, end, mottled. 

 Length, thirty-two inches. Abyssinia. Mr. Salt. 



Blackheaded Bustard. Lath. H. Otis Atriceps. 

 Gray. 



Greyish-rufous, with fine black cross lines ; feathers, 

 rufous edged ; head, nape, and throat, black ; breast, 

 cream-colour ; quills, black ; tail, dotted and banded ; 

 legs, black. Length, fifteen inches. India. 



Blue-necked Bustard. Lath. H. Otis Barrowii. 

 Gray. 



Ferrugineous, white, and brown, dotted and lined ; 

 crown, chin, and back of neck, black ; nape, blue ; 

 cheeks, rufous ; throat and breast, pale-blue ; beneath, 

 white ; neck, ferrugineous-brown ; secondaries and 

 tail, more spotted; quills, black ; legs, yellow. Perhaps 



