
Gans 56 Oe Pers 
Tue BUSTARD. 
The upper anenlible of the bak: 1s a little Convex. 
~The noltrils are oval and open. gs 
The tongue bifid or divided (Linneus fays), but others 
I ay itis floping on each fide near to the end, and pointed. : 
Feet formed for eee: with only ~ toes. 
Pe AH E Great Buftard, ae head es throat | 
dt of the male are crefted with feathers. The 
1 outer or firft quill feathers are black; the ereater: 
' |. 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=- 
die feathers are different from the reft ; its beak. 
- refembies the Turkey’s; its down. is of a rofe- 
bea and the lower part of the leg i is naked. 
“Some of the Buftard’s feathers are downy at 
Pic bafe and near the end, and the middle part of 
_the feather is more firm, The heel and lower: 
_ part of the leg are covered with fcales ;. the nails 
are convex both above and below ; under the feet: 
there is a callous knob, which | dee the pur<-_ 
pole of a heel; : 
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