Great bustard it well camouflaged in open habitats. Immature birds resemble the female. The eastern subspecies ("O. t. dybowskii") is more extensively grey in colour in both sexes, with more extensive barring on the back. The great bustard has long legs, a long neck and a heavy, barrel-chested body. It is fairly typical of the family in its overall shape and habitat preferences. Three other bustard species overlap in range with this species: the Macqueen's ("Chlamydotis macqueenii"), houbara ("Chlamydotis undulata") and little bustards ("Tetrax tetrax"). However, none of these attains the plumage coloration nor approach the body sizes of this species. Thus,
Two Little Dickie Birds Two Little Dickie Birds "Two Little Dickie Birds" or "Two Little Black Birds" is an English language nursery rhyme and fingerplay. It has a Roud Folk Song Index number of 16401. Modern versions of the lyrics include: The rhyme was first recorded when published in "Mother Goose's Melody" in London around 1765. In this version the names of the birds were Jack and Gill: These names seem to have been replaced with the apostles Peter and Paul in the 19th century. In American English, the variant "Two Little Blackbirds" is more common. <poem> Two little blackbirds sitting on a hill.