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Genu* LVI. BUSTARD. 



N° i . Great B. 

 t. Little B. 

 j. Arabian B. 



4. White-eared B. 



5. Indian B. 



N° 6. Ruffed B, 



7. Rhaad B. 



8. White-chinned B. 



9. Thick-knee^ B. 



B 



I L L a little convex. 



Noftrils open, oblong. 

 Tongue floping on each fide near the end, and pointed. 

 Legs long, and naked above the knees. 

 Toes only three 3 no back toe. 

 Natives only of the old continent : none in America. 



GREAT B. 



Otis tarda, tin. Sjfi. i. p. 264. 1. —Faun. Suec. N° 196. — Scop. ann. u 

 N° 159. — Kram. eh p. 354.- N° I. — Fri/cb. pi. 1 06. — Georgi Reife a 

 p. 172. 



L'Outarde, Brif, orn. v. p. iq.—Buf. oif. ii. p. I. pi. 1. — PI. enl. 245. 



Billiard, Raii Syn. p. 58. A. 1. — Will. orn. p. 178. pi. 32. — Ed-w. 79. 80.— • 

 Albin. iii. pi. 38. 39. — Br. Zool. i. N° 98. pi. 44. — Ara. Zool. 

 Br. Muf. Lev- Muf. 



Description. HP H I S is the largefl of the land-fowl in our iflands, the male 



weighing twenty-five pounds, and frequently more : the 



length near four feet; the breadth nine. The head and neck are 



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