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Bustard on record, but elsewhere in the British Isles it 
must be regarded as a very rare and an accidental visitor. 
The majority of birds have been taken in winter. Mr. 
Harting states that up to the year 1872 over forty instances 
were known to him, and subsequently he has recorded 
many more. Among recent captures may be mentioned :— 
One taken in Hastings, Sussex, on December 23rd, 1900 
(G. W. Bradshaw, ‘ Zoologist,’ 1901, p. 428) ; another shot 
in the same county on December 16th of the following year 
(W. P. Westell, ‘ Zoologist,’ 1902, p- 70) ; while on May 14th, 
1901, a Little Bustard was shot in North Derbyshire, the 
second from that county (W. Storrs Fox, ‘ Zoologist,’ 1901, 
p- 270); and on February 4th, 1902, a specimen was obtained 
in Jersey (H. Mackay, ‘ Zoologist,’ 1904, p. 378). 
The Little Bustard has been obtained four times in 
Scotland and six times in Ireland, as follows :— 
Scotland.—One near Montrose, December, 1833; one 
near St. Andrews, March 6th, 1840; one at Halkirk, Caith- 
ness, June, 1848; and the fourth at Westfield, near Elgin, 
February 8th, 1861 (Harting). 
Ireland.—One on Killough Bog, in co. Wicklow, August 
23rd, 1833; another accompanied it but escaped being shot ; 
one on Ballycottin Bay, co. Cork, December 24th, 1860 ; 
one on Youghal Bay in the same county, November 14th, 
1883; one “sent to the Dublin Market in a package of 
game from co. Longford,’ February 13th, 1883; two seen 
and one secured near Belmullet, co. Mayo, December, 1887 ; 
this specimen is preserved in the Dublin Museum; one 
near Ballybunion, co. Kerry, December 30th, 1892 (Ussher). 
In its general habits the Little Bustard resembles its 
larger relative, but differs in that the males do not assemble 
in packs when the females are hatching, each keeping near 
its own particular mate. 
Flight.—Like the Great Bustard, this species is strong 
on the wing, and when suddenly surprised will rise with 
a clattering 1 noise, flying off with immense velocity. 
Voice-—The peculiar note of the male heard in the 
breeding-season sounds like prut-prut. When uttering the 
cry the ‘bird assumes a characteristic attitude. Its head and 
neck are well thrown back between the shoulders, the wings 
are partly extended, and the tail is held erect. Moreover, 
the bird has a strange habit of eau jumping up" after 
each call ‘‘ striking the ground in a peculiar manner on his 
descent” (Saunders). “In the spring-season the throat is 
