222 SYSTEMATIC CATALOGUE. 



Family Struthionid^. 



Little Bustard, Otis tetrax. On the au- 

 thority of Mr. Jenyns I have hitherto given the 

 little bustard a place in this Catalogue. Vide 

 " Manual of British Vertebrate Animals/' p. 176. 

 [I have lately seen a specimen of the little 

 bustard (a female) which was shot at Bosham, 

 near Chichester, a few years ago, by Mr. Alfred 

 Cheesman. — 3rd edition.] 



Note. — The Great Bustard, Otis tarda. Markwick 

 says that the great bustard used to be seen on the 

 South Downs in his time. White of Selborne also 

 observed it there. The latest instance of its having 

 been observed in Sussex appears to be that of a single 

 example, which was occasionally seen about twenty-five 

 years ago near Blatcliington by Mr. Catt, who then 

 occupied that farm. It used to frequent the flat table- 

 land which runs for a considerable distance in the 

 direction of the Dyke. I have met with some very 

 old people, who, in their younger days, have seen flocks 

 of these noble birds on the Downs. 



Orf^erGE-ALLATOBES— i^amiZ^/CHARADEiiD^. 



Great Plover, (Edicnemus creintmis. This 

 bird is known by at least half-a-dozen different 

 names in Sussex. In some localities it has 



