358 BUSTARD. 



agreeable flavour, but not so fine as that of most tame birds : they 

 are shot, chiefly, because they warn other birds, from the noise they 

 make, to get out of the way. 



In Kolben's figure, which is very bad, there appear some whitish 

 obscure spots, on which account Brisson supposed this bird to be the 

 Guinea Pintado, but there is nothing in Kolben's description to 

 confirm it. 



Dr. Sparrman observes, that it has the art of concealing itself 

 perfectly till any one comes near, when on a sudden it soars aloft, 

 almost perpendicular, into the air, with a sharp, hasty, quavering 

 scream of Korrh korrh, which alarms the animals throughout the 

 neighbourhood. 



5— INDIAN BUSTARD. 



Otis Bengalensis, Ind. Orn. ii. 660. Gm. Lin. i. 724. 



Pluvialis Bengalensis, Bris. v. 82. Id. Svo. ii. 231. 



Le Churge, ou L'Outarde moyenne des Indes, Buf. ii. 56. 



Large Eyes, Adans. Seneg. Svo. p. 77. 



Indian Bustard, Gen. Syn. iv. 804. Id. Sup. 228. Edw. pi. 250. 



LENGTH twenty-three inches; height, when standing erect, 

 twenty-two inches ; weight from twelve to fourteen pounds. Bill 

 two inches and three quarters long, and whitish ; eyes very large ; 

 irrides hazel ; eyelids cinereous ; sides of the head, round the eyes, 

 brown ; rest of the head, neck, and under parts, black, the feathers 

 hanging loose ; back, rump, and tail, light brown, the middle of 

 each feather black; a bar of brown, spotted with black, passes all 

 round the breast; tail brown, barred and spotted with black; wing 

 coverts white, a few of the outer ones only margined with black ; 

 quills white without, and cinereous at the tip; secondaries white, 

 spotted with black, and crossed with black bands; some of them 

 nearest the body grey, marked with black spots; legs pale ash- 

 colour, claws brown. 



