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THE INDIAN HOUBARA BUSTARD. 
Houbara Maequeeni. Native names : Tilaur y Houbara, Punjab and Sind. 
Habitat. —A winter visitor to Sind, the Punjab and the North-West Provinces. 
Description —Sexes alike, but the female is smaller. The crest springs 
from the middle of the crown, the front feathers being black with white tips, 
the hinder ones quite white. The black ruff begins at the ears and ends across 
the breast. Upper plumage fulvous, barred and pencilled with black ; throat, 
white; neck speckled with fulvous; lower plumage white. It frequents level 
or undulating semi-desert plains. Length of male, 28 inches; wing about 
16 inches ; tail about 10 inches. Female, length up to 27 inches ; wing about 
15 inches ; tail about 9 inches. Legs, yellow ; irides, yellow ; bill, dark brown. 
Weight, male, 5* lbs. ; female, 3J lbs. 
THE LITTLE BUSTARD. 
Tetrax Tetrax. Native name : Chota Tilaur , Hind. 
Habitat. —A winter visitor to the Punjab and the U. P. 
Description .—Male—has the forehead and crown fulvous, much marked 
with black ; throat and sides of the head, bluish grey ; neck, black; white 
bauds at the back of the heid, aui devvu each side of tli3 neck, meeting in 
