. Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club. Vol. 85 146 Bulletin the nestling plumage of the Kori Bustard and the description given here will now fill this gap. Above, tawny; head with a dark brown stripe from the eye to the upper forehead and from the upper forehead backwards towards the nape; crown mottled dark brown; neck with brown vertical stripes and a distinct dark throat patch extending down the front of the neck; upper parts heavily mottled with dark brown and black; below dull white mottled with brown on flanks; feet pinkish; bill pale grey; eyes brown. The distended throa
. Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club. Vol. 85 146 Bulletin the nestling plumage of the Kori Bustard and the description given here will now fill this gap. Above, tawny; head with a dark brown stripe from the eye to the upper forehead and from the upper forehead backwards towards the nape; crown mottled dark brown; neck with brown vertical stripes and a distinct dark throat patch extending down the front of the neck; upper parts heavily mottled with dark brown and black; below dull white mottled with brown on flanks; feet pinkish; bill pale grey; eyes brown. The distended throat is most noticeable. The chicks appeared not to feed from the ground but from head-height and I suspect at this early age their diet is predominantly insectile and much of their food is obtained by the parent Even at the age of a few days its precocious nature, behaviour and character are remarkably like the parent birds. It showed little sign of fear and stood in the palm of the hand with the haughty and aloof deport- ment so characteristic of an adult. Although I have only heard of one instance of the parent bird using threat postures and "growling", this behaviour does not appear to be common and the parent bird usually keeps a respectful distance from humans. The remarkably few breeding records of the Kori Bustard are probably due to three reasons. The apparent preference of the species to lay on open grass-covered plains that, during this period of the year, are a sea of up to two to three feet high grass; the excellent coloration of the parent bird, of the eggs and of the young; and the incubating or attending parent bird's habit of immediately leaving its eggs or young at the slightest sign of danger or, alternatively, relying on its coloration and pressing itself as close as possible to the ground if taken by surprise at a close distance. There are two periods of the year when Kori Bustards congregate in. Please note that these images are extracted fro
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