. A general history of birds . the most part, the greater black ; behind thethighs and vent pale marbled rufous brown, with a few large duskyspots ; tail the same, inclining to cinereous near the end, but un-spotted ; and finally, the ends of the feathers are dusky black forabout an inch ; legs yellow. Inhabits India.—Taken from a fine drawing, of full size, in thecollection of General Hardwicke. BUSTARD.—Pl. cxxxiv. Otis Afra, /nrf. 659, Gm. Lin. \. 72i. Boroivsk. in. Atra, Lin. i. 264. Gerin. iii. t. , Bm/. ii. 54. Knor-Cock, 13
. A general history of birds . the most part, the greater black ; behind thethighs and vent pale marbled rufous brown, with a few large duskyspots ; tail the same, inclining to cinereous near the end, but un-spotted ; and finally, the ends of the feathers are dusky black forabout an inch ; legs yellow. Inhabits India.—Taken from a fine drawing, of full size, in thecollection of General Hardwicke. BUSTARD.—Pl. cxxxiv. Otis Afra, /nrf. 659, Gm. Lin. \. 72i. Boroivsk. in. Atra, Lin. i. 264. Gerin. iii. t. , Bm/. ii. 54. Knor-Cock, 139. pl. 7. f. 2. Sparrm. Voy.\. Bustard, Gen. Syn. iv. 802. Id. Sup. 227. SIZE of a large Fowl; length twenty-two inches. Bill yellow,at the end black ; crown blackish brown, irregularly barred withwhite lines, and bounded on each side with the same : on the ears alarge patch of white; the rest of the head, neck, and under parts,are black; round the lower part of the neck behind a band of white. \ ^ /(Y/f/r - rnrry ^/^. BUSTARD. 357 passing forwards to the breast, as a collar, but not meeting before ;upper part of the body and wings deep blackish brown, crossed withirregular rufous streaks, of different shapes; the outer edge of thewing black ; above this a large bed of white, occupying almost thewhole length of the wing; the secondaries are longer than the primequills, and hang over them in a state of rest, the last are black ;the tail consists of fourteen feathers at least, in length five inches?the shape rounded, marked not unlike the back, but inclining toush-colour, and paler at the end ; besides which, all but the twomiddle feathers are crossed with two bars of black ; the lower part ofthe feathers, round the lower part of the thighs, white ; legs yellow,claws black. The female has the head and neck like the back, but the linesmore delicate ; the breast and belly black, as in the male, but thewhite patch on the ears, and ring at th
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