CHLAMYDOTIS.
Distinctly crested.
Chlamydotis undulata undulata HOUBARA BUSTARD.
(S 9 Above reddish buff freckled and indistinctly barred black ; crest and white ; primaries partly white, secondaries white ; tail reddish buff with blue bars and white tips ; beneath white, freckled black on neck, with a ruff, black on sides of neck and white in front. Bill brown, with darker tip and yellow towards base. and feet a 385 9 Tarsus a 9 Bill 6. 35.42, 9 35-40 (II.).
Resident.—N. Sahara and plains of Atlas in N. Africa (rare in Morocco). Occasionally to S. Europe, recorded Malta, Italy, Spain ; and occurs west of Nile.
C. undulata macqueen1 (Gray). Crest tipped black, foreneck and chest without freckles, bars on upper parts more pronounced. d 386-428, 4 (H.).
Breeds.—C. and S.W. Asia and in east of Nile. Occurs outside season in S. Russia and occasionally further west in Europe, even to Britain.
C. undulata fuertaventurre (Rothschild and I lartert). Above paler buff with black than in typical "undulata" ; no white tips to tail and blue bars broader and darker. d 370-375, 9 (H.).
Residen/.—E. Canaries (Fuerteventura and Lanzarote).