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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. H. 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 
Hriswell, 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 Rev. 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 Hast 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 Museum, 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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