INDIAN BUSTARD. 
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the lines more delicate, and the breast and belly 
black, like the male ; but the white spot on the 
ears, and ring at the lower part of the neck, are 
wanting.’’ 
Native of the country north of the Cape of 
Good Hope, where it is called Korhane, or Knor- 
haan, from its cry, which somewhat resembles the 
syllable korrh twice repeated, and is uttered most 
clamorously as soon as it perceives a man, and 
by that means often disappoints the sportsman, as 
all the other birds are alarmed at the noise, and 
disappear in the instant ; for this it is usual always 
to kill the Bustard, to prevent its driving the 
game away. It frequents heaths and places remote 
from habitations, and builds its nest in bushes, the 
female laying two eggs in the season. The flesh 
is not very good, but is thought agreeable by 
many. 
INDIAN BUSTARD. 
(Otis Bengalensis.) 
Ot. nigra supra Julvo-Jusca, dorso maculis cauda Jasciis nigris, 
tectricibus alarum albis. 
Black Bustard, above fulvous brown j the back with black 
spots, and the tail with black fasciae j the wing-coverts 
white. 
Otis bengalensis, Gmel. Sysl. Nat. 1, 724. — Lath. Ind. Orn. 
2 . 660. 6. 
