
















OF BIRDS 3x 
Wag Deis 
Genus 56. 2 2%; 
THE BOS. 7 AR. 
The upper mandible of the beak isa litile convex, 
The noftrils are oval and open. 
, _ The tongue bifid or divided (Linneus fays\, but others 
fay itis floping on each fide near to the end, and pointed, 
_ Feet formed for running, with only three toes, 
HE Great Buftard.—The head and throat 
_ of the male are crefted with feathers. The 
outer or firit quill feathers are black; the greater 
__ part of the fecondary feathers, or thofe that grow 
on the fecond joint of the wing are white; 
and it has twenty feathers in its tail, the two mid- 
dle feathers are different from the reft; its beak 
* refembles the Turkey’s; its down is of a rofe 
colour, and the lower part of the leg is naked. 
Some of the Buftard’s feathers are downy at 
he bafe and near the end, and the middle part of 
ie feather is more firm, The heel and lower 
of the leg are covered with feales ; the nails 
ire convex both above and below ; under the feet: 
there is a callous knob, which anfwers the pur- 
fe of a heel, 
Jutt 

