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adds ; " In the middle of October 1810, we 

 observed one of these birds in a turnip field in 

 Devonshire, but it would not suffer us to approach 

 near enough to shoot it, but it appeared to be in 

 female plumage '' (Suppl. 1813). Dr. Moore records 

 a third specimen, killed at Bigbury in November. 

 In the Kingsbridge district, Dr. Elliot says that 

 three specimens of the Little Bustard have been 

 obtained at different times. One of these is in his 

 own possession and another, a female, is recorded by 

 Mr. H. Nicholls as shot by Lieut. Pearce, on the 

 high open lands adjoining the sea coast, adjacent to 

 the Start Lighthouse (Zool. 1864. p. 9089). In 

 December, 1880, a female Little Bustard was shot 

 on the 6th of the month, in a turnip field near 

 North Tawton, by Mr. W. D. Salter. The weather 

 was fine and the wind south-west. Another female 

 was killed soon after in the neighbourhood of 

 Braunton. Mr. G. F. Mathew examined both 

 specimens, and states that the Rev. M. A. Mathew 

 obtained the second specimen for his colleetion 

 (Zool. 1881. p. 58). 



