Bustard
the name of a genus of European birds, the otis, which is the typical one of the family otitidæ. The great bustard (O. tarda), the little bustard (O. tetrix), and Macqueen's bustard BUTCHER BIRD (O. macqueeni) are the best known species. The great bustard was formerly_common in Wiltshire and in Norfolk, England. It has the plumage on the back of a bright yellow traversed by a number of black bars, the rest of the LITTLE BUSTARD plumage being grayish. It runs and flies well. It is still common in parts of the European Continent. The little bustard (O. tetrix) is a Mediterranean bird. It is brown dotted with black above, and beneath is whitish. The male has a black neck with two white collars.