INDIAN BUSTARD. 



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the lines more delicate, and the breast and belly 

 black, like the male ; but the white spot on the 

 ears, and ring at the lower part of the neck, are 

 wanting/* 



Native of the country north of the Cape of 

 Good Hope, where it is called Korhane, or Knor- 

 haauy from its cry, which somewhat resembles the 

 syllable korrh twice repeated, and is uttered most 

 clamorously as soon as it perceives a man, and 

 by that means often disappoints the sportsman, as 

 all the other birds are alarmed at the noise, and 

 disappear in the instant ; for this it is usual always 

 to kill the Bustard, to prevent its driving the 

 game away. It frequents heaths and places remote 

 from habitations, and builds its nest in bushes, the 

 female laying two eggs in the season. The flesh 

 is not very good, but is thought agreeable by 

 many. 



INDIAN BUSTARD. 

 (Otis Bengalensis.) 



Ot. nigru supra Jiilvo-ifusca , dorso maculis cauda Jasciis nigrist 



tectricibus alarum albis. 

 Black Bustard, above fulvous brown; the back with black 



spots, and the tail with black fasciae ; the wing-coverts 



white. 



Otis bengalensis. Gmel, Si/st, Nat, 1.724. — Lath, Ind. Orn» 

 2, 660. 6. 



