THE 
LITTLE BUSTARD. 
Generic Character. 
Bill subconvex. 
Nostrils ovate, pervious. 
Tongue bifid. 
Feet tridactyle, cursorial. 
Specific Character , &c. 
RUFESCENT BUSTARD, with the neck (of 
the male) black with a white collar. 
LITTLE BUSTARD. 
Edw. pi. 251. 
Petite Outarde, ou Canne-petiere. 
Buff’, ois. 2. p. 40. 
PL Enl. io. 25. 
The Otis Tctrax, or Little Bustard, may be num¬ 
bered among the rarest of the British birds. The 
elegant specimen represented on the present plate, 
and which was lately shot in our own country, was 
communicated by Mr. Thompson, preparer of birds, 
&c. to the British and Leverian Museums. 
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