R U F F È D B IT S TARD.
Ûi.î,s Houbara, Linn.
L’C uiarde H-oubara.
rHWOH the jw-ertt beautiful specî»» 0
tope, its native Libitaf is undrjbtevSly A.
•îiiàtion congenial ter iis, naiuivJ. ’àaλ^.:
cwdiog to ’ : ifeii Jfotsbara $VW' îto
elosion, as J. B> !&«{►, of lihe Barth
vkéd range. a f -idMyb as^Cmn
lî.dvd this bud ivUjSi iiiife "$$/<( 40^iÎ|à;ÿii; %
* of colouring ; although ¿1 mij; ¿ ¡ » f i a
Bwstard has been ofccasdonally killed in Spaiu -and other jparf;# of
■iiiX- iaiil Northern A f tic \ where. extensive sandy deserts »ffe-'d
i h . i iiUiau' ¡d'-'hkf: ~'i Cluucrd, History pf Birds,’' informsw, fh<;{:
¡#ti kiafed -i« .'sterns ; but we have now some reason to doubt this
;2-- .Mjaafeaa».., has fatefa aw«!« kut.wn a species, o f Bastard from the
xstf ifo^refore suspect Recksiein has cdh-
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mijior partiesËÉm
> bis bird Mr. hte speciêc. »»*««' i m S tfc ! of'its i'fil
!>re interesting, as we fibre txtiyv H'O. species, o f Bastards exhibit«!,;..- |j§I
MÉ
: fafce dtetingassbes^tbem from the other birds afihaCT»n>iiy.
igh so rarely iaet with in Europe, the Houh&m abounds huAfrtevkvhiW k k ‘pm ed ter «he
50 ° f its ^68^!. which is considered one erf the greatest delica ^-*, and is 0 M to te o f es'^uiwte■ilarour,
istory of this bird is at present but imperfectly known. European naturalists being unacquainted with
or nidification ; nor have the characters of Uk -female tee» yet observed'; so that we are uuaHe to *w
o r not she possesses. thatornamental plumage whichrjp^ecs the mate; most probably if the f e v e r s
IT exist at all, they are much loss perfectly developed; oik! indeed; as it regitrds the mate, we have y 't
whether he does more than possess these long feathers during the breeding season, and lose them
so. Itagujetftfy occurs in others o f thé feathered race;
Sgether with the feet, is o f an oiwte cokiur- The head
| | a pure white ; the top o f the bond, .the cheeks,
•ig bar:« and spots o f tewtto ; firoia the ¡»det'-of
ised; at its base,, and,
Urudejr: ^waeteitos fejdjfere
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