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The female in the separate case is no doubt the 

 one which, according to the late Miss Hamond, of 

 Swaffham, was caught in the following manner by her 

 father. They were driving in a pony carriage, when 

 the bird was seen stealing through the rye, near the 

 road side. It then crouched down, and Mr. Hamond, 

 walking gently up, threw a jacket or spencer he had 

 with him over the bird and secured it. 



In the late Mr. Lombe's collection, now at Wymond- 

 ham, in the possession of Mrs. E. P. Clarke, is a fine 

 pair of bustards, but no record, unfortunately, exists 

 as to the locality whence the male bird was procured. 

 It was purchased for Mr. Lombe by Leadbeater many 

 years ago, and is most probably a foreigner. The female, 

 as Mrs. Clarke informs me, was presented to Mr. Lombe 

 by the late Rev. Edward Evans, formerly rector of 

 Eriswell, in Suffolk. This bird was kept as a pet by 

 Mr. Evans, and used to come up to the windows of the 

 house, or even into the breakfast room, to be fed, but 

 its leg was unfortunately broken through a boy throw- 

 ing a stick at it, when Mr. Evans had it killed, and 

 presented it to Mr. Lombe. 



In the Eev. C. J. Lucas's collection, at Burgh, near 

 Yarmouth, is an adult female, recently purchased by 

 him at a sale, at Stevens', in Covent-garden. I have 

 had some difficulty in tracing out the history of this 

 bird, but have at last succeeded in establishing its 

 claims to be included at least in the list of East Anglian 

 specimens. In the year 1840, as shown by an entry in 

 the " donation " book, an adult female bustard was pur- 

 chased, by subscription,'^ for the Norwich Museimi, there 

 being at that time no other specimen in the collection. 

 This bird was procured by the then secretary, Mr. 



* The donors being Mr. J. H. Gurney and Mr. Thomas Bright- 

 well, with the late Dr. Lubbock and Mr. George Morse. 

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