ARABIAN BUSTARD. 
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Rufescent Bustard, striated with dusky ; beneath white ; the 
ears with an erect crest ; the tail with a brown fascia. 
Otis Arabs. Linn. Syst. Nat. 1. 264. 2. — Gniel. Syst. Nat. 1. 
725. — Briss. Orn. 5. 30. 3. — Lath. Ind. Orn. 2. 650. 3. 
Le Lohong, Outarde huppee d’ Arabia. Buff. Ois. 2. 52. 
Paon sauvage de Lugon. Sonner. Voy. Ind. S5.pl. 4g. ? 
Arabian Bustard. Ediv. pi. 12. — Lath. Gen. Syn. 4. 801. 3. — 
Lath. Syn. Sup. 226. — Lath. Syn. Sup. II. 284. 2. 
Nearly as large as the common Bustard, mea- 
suring about three feet and a half in length, and 
seven in expanse : its beak is pale horn-colour : 
the irides are dull brown : the forehead whitish : 
the hind head is adorned with a black crest, from 
which arises a black fascia, reaching forward on 
the sides of the head ; the top of which, the neck, 
and upper parts of the body, are rufous, varied 
with black : the quills black : the secondaries 
spotted with black and white j those nearest the 
body rufous, barred with dusky : the throat and 
fore-part of the neck ash-colour, barred with brown 
lines : the breast and under parts of the body 
white : the two middle tail-feathers dusky, the 
rest white, varied and crossed with a black band : 
legs pale brown. 
This bird inhabits various parts of Asia and 
Africa : its flesh is very excellent : its manners 
are unknown. 
