OTIS TARDA^ 
GREAT BUSTARD, 
Generic Character. 
Bill subconvex, very strong. 
Nostrils ovalj pervious. 
Tongue bifida pointed. 
Legs long-, naked above the knees. 
Toes three, placed forward. 
Otis Tarda ; corpore supra nigro rufoque undulato 
et maculato, subtus albido ; remigibus 
primoribus nigris. Mas. capite juguloque 
utrinque crista! o. 
Great Bustard. Upper parts of the body undulated 
• and spotted with black and rufous; be- 
neath whitish ; the primary quills blacks 
in the male the head and throat furnished 
with tufts of feathers like crests. 
Otis Tarda. Lin. Stjst, v. 264. Gmel. Syst. v. 1. 
p. 722. Raii Syn. j^. 58. Ind. Orn. v. 2. 
p. 658. 
L'OuTARDE. Buffon Hist. d'Ois. v. 2. p. I. t. I. PL 
Enl. 245. Mas. 
OuTARDE BARBUE. Temm. Man. d'Orn. ed. 2. p. 506. 
Great Bustard. Br. Zool. Svo. ed. v. 1. p. 376. 
pi. 4r8. Arct. ZooL v. 2. p. 186. 'Edwards 
Birds, t. 79, 80. Lath. Syn. v. 4. p. 796. 
Lewin Br. Birds, v. 4. p. 139. Mont. 
Orn. Diet. lb. Sup. Bewick's Br, Birds, 
pt. I, p. 310. Gen. ZooL v. 11. p. 443. 
pL 30. 
The male of this species measures three feet four to six 
inches in length, and from the point of the bill to the toes 
