362 BUSTARD. 



in all, the two middle ones marked as the back ; the legs are stout, 

 tessellated, bare very high above the joint; the wings reach three- 

 fourths on the tail. 



Brought from Africa, by Mr. Salt. — A specimen in the Museum 

 of Mr. Bullock. 



10— GREAT-BILLED BUSTARD. 



LENGTH eighteen or nineteen inches. Bill large in proportion 

 to the size of the bird, broad at the base, and flattened ; length of 

 it from the gape to the point three inches and a half; base to the 

 uostrils yellow, the rest black ; eyes pale yellowish green, and large ; 

 plumage in general fine pale ash-colour ; belly, thighs, and vent, 

 white ; on the sides of the head a bed of black ; between the bill and 

 eye white, passing round it, broader above, and ending in a long 

 streak behind, dividing the black ; the chin and throat are also 

 whitish; but on each side of the jaw is a curved brown whisker; 

 lesser wing coverts darker than the back, the greater paler ; quills 

 black ; tail rounded, the two middle feathers as the back ; the others 

 white, or nearly so, with the ends, for three quarters of an inch, 

 black ; the quills reach to within one inch of the end of the tail ; 

 legs formed as in the Thick-kneed Species, pale greenish white. 



Inhabits India ; found at Cawnpore in April. — Gen. Hardwicke. 



11— MARBLED BUSTARD. 



SIZE uncertain. Bill pale ; head above the eyes, back of the 

 neck, and all the upper parts, wings, and tail, pale rufous ; crown of 

 of the head darker, or dusky ; back and wing coverts beautifully 

 mottled with dusky brown, in various shapes of transverse lines, and 

 irregular markings; and the greater wing feathers barred three or 



