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habitants of the sandy plains of the Old World; and many of the 
most conspicuous species are natives of Africa. 
Genus Orts. 
Formerly Great Britain enumerated a fine bird of this genus ; 
now and then, however, a solitary individual flies over to us from 
Spain or France, where it is still tolerably plentiful. 
ZO MmOTIN TARDAGHN > i= ca ch os ew % WOLD VG PI VLE, 
GREAT BustTarD. 
Accidental visitant. 
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Litre Busrarp. 
Accidental visitant. 
234, Orts Macqurentt. 
Macqueen’s Bustard. 
Quite accidental. 
A native of Afghanistan and the neighbouring countries. A spe- 
cimen of this bird, now in the possession of the Philosophical Society 
of York, was killed at Kirton Lindsey, in Lincolnshire, on the 7th 
of October, 1847. Still, with so slight a claim to be considered 
British, I shall content myself with this notice of it and a reference 
to a figure which will be found in my ‘ Birds of Asia.’ Specimens 
have also been met with in Holland and Denmark. 
ORDER GRALLATORES. 
Family GRUID. 
As must have been noticed by every one who has given a moment’s 
thought to the subject, the Gruide, or Cranes, differ from the Herons 
and every other group of birds of which this great order is composed. 
The larger number of the known species are inhabitants of the Old 
World, over which they are widely spread, the plains of Australia 
on the one hand and those of Hindustan on the other being fre- 
quented by one or more species ; the form also occurs in Africa, from 
north to south. In the New World, the northern portions only are 
tenanted by Cranes ; one species inhabits, or rather did inhabit, the 
British Islands. 
SOQ RUSLOENERWA <. « 0s «© + « 2 a. Vol,aV. Ply Xx, 
Common CRANE. 
An accidental visitant. 
