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RUFFED BUSTARD. 



(Otis Houbara.) 



Ot, Jiavescens fusco maculata, subtus alba, collo pennis nigris 



elongaiisy caudd ochracea Jasciis nig7is, apice alba. 

 Yellow Bustard, spotted with brown ; beneath white j with the 



neck with elongated black feathers 5 the tail ochraceous, with 



black fasciae, and white tips. 

 Otis houbara. GmeL S^/st, Nat. 1. 725. 6. — Lath. Ind. Oni. 2. 



660. 8. 



Otis rhaad. GmeL Syst, Nat. 1. 725. 7. — Lath. Ind » Orn, 2, 

 660. 9. 



Psophia undulata. Gmel. St/st, Nat. 1. 721. — Lath. Ind. Orn. 

 2. 657. 2. 



Le Houbara, ou Outarde huppee d'Afrique. Btif. Ois. 2. 59. — 



Gent. Mag. xix. pi. in p, 4QQ. — Temm, Man. WOrni. p. 319. 

 Le Rhaad. Buff, Ois. 2. 6I. 

 Undulated Trumpeter. Lath. Syn. Sup. 225. 

 Rhaad Bustard. Lath. Gen. Syn. 4. 805. J. 

 Ruffed Bustard. Lath. Gen. Syn. 4. 805. 6. 



The male of this species, when in full plumage, 

 answers to the following description: the fore- 

 head and sides of the head are red-grey, varied 

 with small brown spots: the hind head, cheeks, 

 and top of the neck, are dusky, mottled with 

 dusky and grey lines : on the head are several 

 pure white long feathers, and on the sides of the 

 neck is a stripe of elongated black feathers, which 

 is followed by several white ones with disunited 

 webs : the breast and under parts of the body are 

 pure white : the hinder part of the neck, the back. 



