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white. — Female : No rufous gorget, and without dhin-plume till third or fourth 

 year. — Young born buff colour, barred black. S. and C. Europe, N". Africa, 

 C. Asia, China. Eggs (3-0 x 2.3) olive, clouded light brown. (B. 1412. H. & M. i. 1.) 

 Also 0. dybrowsM, 34", similar to 0. tarda, from E. Siberia, Japan, and China ; and 

 0. rhaad, from Africa. 



116. Otis tetrax. The Little or Butterfly Bustard. 



Tltrax^Tirpa^, a bird known to the ancient Greeks. 



Chota-tilaor, India, 



(J 17" to 19"; IJ to 2 lbs. Legs yellow. Bill brown. — Male: In summer, 

 neck and upper breast black, with white necklet and white gorget. In winter, 

 chin and throat white ; sides of head, neck, and f oreneck streaked and mixed 

 black and buff. Breast white. Back chestnut, streaked black irregularly. Tail 

 of eighteen feathers. — Female : Head and neck chestnut, mottled black. Breast 

 with short black bars. S. Europe, N. Africa, C. Asia, including Afghanistan and 

 Yarkand. Eggs (2-0 x 1-5) glossy green, more or less blotched brown. (B. 1413. 

 H. & M. i. 3.) 



Also 0, affims, an extinct species from Bavaria. 



Also the genus Lophotis. Two species — L. ruficrislaia, 16", from S. Africa ; and L. gindiana, 

 16", from E. Africa. 



Also the genus Compsotis. Two species — C, a/ra, 19", from S. Africa ; and C. leiKoptera, 

 19", from S.E. Africa. 



Also the genus Heterotetrax. Three species — H, vigorsi, 20", from S. Africa ; H. ruppelli, 

 20", from S. Africa ; and H. humilis, 16", from Somaliland. 



Also the genus Neotis. Five species — N. Ivdvngi, 36", from S. Africa ; N. burcheUi, 30", 

 from N.E. Africa; N. caffra, 30", from S. Africa; N. denkami, 38", from W. Africa; and 

 N. henglini, 25", from Somaliland. 



Also the genus Lissotis. Four species — L. macuUpennis, from E. Africa ; L. nuba, 25", 

 from N.E. Africa ; L. melanogaster, 22", from tropical Africa ; and L. hauilaubi, 27", from 

 N.E. Africa. 



Also the genus Trachelotis. Four species — T. cceruUscens, 16", from S. Africa ; T. cani- 

 collis, 22", from E. Africa ; T. senegahnsis, 18", from E. Africa ; and T. harrovii, 17", from 

 S. Africa. 



Genus EUPODOTIS. 

 e5=well ; jro5oTi}s= footed. 



Long strong legs. Male with pouch. Occipital crest black in both sexes. 

 Neck white. Feathers of throat and foreneck lengthened. Of very large size. 

 Africa, Arabia, India, and Australia. 



117. Eupodotis edwaxdsi. The Indian Bustard. 



Toogder, Punjab; Hoom, C. P.; Kara-dhonk, Deccan: Gurahna, Sind; Herihakki, 

 Mysore. 



$ 45" to 50"; 17 to 22 lbs. $ 36" to 38"; 8 to 10 lbs. Legs dingy yeUow. 

 BiU dusky and yellow. Sexes differ. Forehead, crown, and occipital crest black. 

 Plumage above pale brown, variegated with minute black lines. Greater coverts 

 grey, tipped white. Primaries slaty, tipped white. Beneath white with black 

 breast-band. Large gular pouch. — Female : Breast-band incomplete. — Toung 

 resemble females. India. Polygamous. One or two eggs (3-llx2-24), drab, 

 mottled brown. (J. 836. B. 1414. H. & M. i. 7.) 



Also E. arabs. 36". The Arabian Bustard from N. and N.E. Africa to Arabia. 

 H. kori. 52". S. and E. Africa. 

 E. australis. 48". Australia. 



