io8 GAME BIRDS AND WILD FOWL. 



lemon-grass and other herbs, varying this fare with insects and 

 small snails. 



Nidification. — Of the habits of Macqueen's Bustard during 

 the breeding season little or nothing is known, and the nest has 

 never been described. Eggs obtained by collectors employed by 

 Herr Tancre on the Altai Mountains are buffish or olive-brown in 

 ground colour, blotched and spotted with rich dark brown, pale 

 brown, and dull gray. They measure on an average 2-55 inches 

 in length by 175 inch in breadth. 



Diagnostic Characters. — Otis, with the upper parts buif, 

 finely vermiculated with black, tail crossed with three dark bars, 

 the head crested and the neck ruffed. Length, 28 inches. 



