THE BUSTARD. 
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barred transversely with bright rust colour and 
black; the belly is white, and the tail, which 
consists of twenty feathers, is barred with red 
and black. The female is little more than half 
as large as the male, and her colours are less 
bright. The top of her head is of a deep 
orange, and the remaining part is brown. She 
also varies from the male in not having a tuft 
on each side of the head. 
