. British game birds and wildfowl . narrow patch of naked skin, of a bluish gray colour,lying over the throat pouch. The upper parts are of an ochre yellow or pale reddishbrown, barred with black; primaries, black with white shafts; secondaries, tertials, andbastard wing, white; greater coverts, white. Upper part of the breast, pale red orange;lower breast, abdomen, vent, and under tail coverts, white. Tail feathers, ochreyellow with white edges and tips, and with one or two black bars; tail, often elevatedand spread like a fan. Legs and feet, dusky black. The female resembles the male, but is
. British game birds and wildfowl . narrow patch of naked skin, of a bluish gray colour,lying over the throat pouch. The upper parts are of an ochre yellow or pale reddishbrown, barred with black; primaries, black with white shafts; secondaries, tertials, andbastard wing, white; greater coverts, white. Upper part of the breast, pale red orange;lower breast, abdomen, vent, and under tail coverts, white. Tail feathers, ochreyellow with white edges and tips, and with one or two black bars; tail, often elevatedand spread like a fan. Legs and feet, dusky black. The female resembles the male, but is destitute of the fringed whiskers; and alsowants the throat pouch. The male in winter resembles the female. The young at a month old, says Mr. Selby, are covered with a buff-coloured clown,barred upon the back, wings, and sides, with black. The weight of the adult male is from twenty-five to thirty pounds; the female isconsiderably less. The male measures in length about three feet eight or ten inches; the female aboutthree 101 LITTLE BUSTAED. Otis tetrax, ..... LiNNiEus. Otis minor, ..... Eat. Outarde Canepetiere, .... Tesiminck. Otis—A Bustard, from Om—an ear, on account of its quick hearing. Tetrax. (Quaare,) Teter—Dark. This very handsome bird, which is a very rare occasional visitor to this country, hasgenerally been obtained in the late autumn and winter months. Although occurring veryrarely, it has been obtained in many widely-separated counties; thus it has occurred inCambridgeshire, and in Cornwall, several times. Mr. E. H. Eodd, of Penzance, thus recordsin the Zoologist, the occurrence of two recent specimens in the latter county:—A femalebird in excellent condition, of this interesting species, was brought to me for my inspectionabout a fortnight since, and which had been brought in by a farmer from the LandsEnd district, with some other birds; its value as a rare British bird was of course un-known, and it was only accidentally observed hanging in th
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