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OTIDID^. 



Otis tetrax. Little Bustard. 



Otis Tetrax, Linnaus, S. N. i. p. 264 (17C6). 



Otis tetrax, Naum. vii. p. 52; Macg. iv. p. 35; Hewitson, 

 p. 287; Gray, p. 131.; Yarr. ed. 2, ii. p. 426; id. ed. 3, 

 ii. p. 452 ; Gould, iv. pi. 18 ; Harting, p. 42 ; Dresser, 

 vii. p. 383. 



The Little Bustard, Yarr. ed. 1, ii. p. 371. 



Tetrax = rerpa^, a bird known io the ancient Greeks. Akin to TerpiX^ 

 rerpaoir, TerpaSuiv, Lithuanian fefervas, Sanskrit iittiris, Old Norse thidr, 

 Latin turtur — all names of birds, which may perhaps be onomatopseic (Curtius, 

 p. 242) ; of. rerpa^u) = I cackle. Perhaps it is a Persian word. 



A somewhat rare visitauf from Southern Europe to Eng- 

 land, Scotland, and Ireland, having always been obtained in 

 winter dress. It inhabits the southern portions of Europe, 

 Asia as far east as India, and North Africa. 



Genus HOUBARA, Bonaparte, Sagg. Distr. Met. An. 

 Vert., Aggiunte, p. 142 (1831). 



Soiibdra, the Arabic name for a Bustard. 



Houbara macqueeni. Macqueen's Bustard. 



Otis Macqueenii, J. E. Gray, lUustr. of Indian Zool. 

 ii. pi. 47 (1833-34). 



Otis houbara, Naum. vii. p. 66. 



Otis macqueenii, iV«i<)w. xiii. p. 216; Gould, Introd. p. ciii. 



Eupodotis undulata. Gray, p. 134. 



Otis macqueeni, Yarr. ed. 3, ii. p. 457; Harting, p. 131; 



Dresser, vii. p. 395. 

 Macqueen's Bustard, Yarr. ed. 1, 2nd suppl. p. 33. 



Macqvceni, in honour of the sender of the specimen desorilied by J. E. Gray. 

 Of. ' List of Specimens of Birds, B. M.,' part iii. p. bl (1844). 



Has only once occurred, in Lincolnshire, in October 1847. 

 Inhabits the plains of Western Asia, ranging as far east as 

 North-west India. Accidental in Europe. 



