CRACID/E. 



ail 



future observers to ascertain their existence at this 

 period. 



GENUS CCCX.— OTIS, Linne. BUSTARD. 

 Generic character: vide Stejjh. v. si.yj. 442. 



Ot. Senegalensis. Vieillot, E?ic. Meth. 



Ot ? corpore supra luteo-Jidvo, lineis rufescerttibus vario, siibtus 

 albo vertice- remigibusque primariis nigris; occipite, colli par- 

 tem anteriori, ccerulescentibus ; rostrojlavescente, apice nigro; 

 pedibus virescentibus. 



Bustard ? with the body above fulvous-yellow, varied with reddish 

 lines, beneath white, with the crown and primary quills black ; 

 the occiput and anterior part of the neck bluej the beak yel- 

 lowish, with the tip black; the legs greenish. 



Inhabits Senegal. 



Ot. ceerulescens. Vieillot, Enc. Mellt. 



Ot ? corpore supra rufescente, punctis striisqiie mgricaniibus, 



subtus ccerulescente. 

 Bustard .^ with the body above reddish, with dusky spots and 



stripes, bluish beneath. 



Inhabits southern Africa. 



GENUS CCCXI.— TETRAX, Leach. BUSTARNELLE. 

 Generic character: vide Steph. v. \i. p. 454. 



FAMILY V.-CRACIDiE. 



Rostrum diversum: caput pliimosum aut plus minusve nudum: 



pedes tetradactyli , digitus posticus validus, elougatus: tarsi 



reliculati aut annulati, haud calcarati. 

 Beak various : head plumose or more or less naked : legs with 



four toes, the hinder toe stout, elongated : tarsi reticulated ot 



anuulated, without spurs. 



