368 BUSTARD. 



the natives Houbara, or Hibbarrar, and is said to be a bird of the 

 highest flavour in the universe. Mr. Beckstein mentions one of 

 these having been killed in Siberia ; and M. Temminck informs us of 

 two others, killed in Spain, but the being met with in Europe is far 

 from a common circumstance. 



15— RHAAD BUSTARD. 



Otis Rhaad, Lid. Orn. ii. 660. Gm. Lin. i. 725. Buf. ii. 61. Shaw's Trav. p. 255. 



f. 2. Voy. en Barb. i. 267. Tern. Man. Ed. ii. 511. 

 Rhaad Bustard, Gen. Syn. iv. 805. 



ACCORDING to Dr. Shaw, there are two sorts, the first is the 

 size of the Houbara. Bill and legs strong; head black ; at the hind 

 part a dark blue tuft ; upper parts of the body and wings spotted 

 with brown ; belly white ; tail pale brown, crossed with stripes of 

 black. The smaller is the size of a Common Fowl, and without 

 the crest at the back of the head ; the back and legs stronger than 

 those of a Partridge, with a plumage much the same as in the other. 

 Both have three toes only. 



These are found in Arabia, and known by the name of Rhaad, 

 or Saf-Saf ; are granivorous and gregarious. It is probable, that 

 these two birds may be different in sex, if not Varieties of each other. 



16.—WHITE-CHINNED BUSTARD. 



Otis Indica, Ind. Orn. ii. 661. Gm. Lin. i. 725. J. F. Miller, t. 33. 

 White-chinned Bustard, Gen. Syn. iv. 806. 



SIZE of the Thick-kneed Bustard.* Bill dusky black ; crown 

 of the head black ; the upper parts of the body brown, waved with 



* Supposed so, from the head being figured of a full size in Miller's Plate. 



