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flesh, which had been shot in Windsor Great Park. 

 His Royal Highness the late Prince Consort turned 

 out a great number of these Quails in the neighbour- 

 hood of Windsor about the year 1840. Of these 

 many, no doubt, found their way into other counties, 

 and those which were obtained by Mr. Hasell in 1850 

 were in all probability descendants of this old stock. 



Family — Struthionid^. 



Great Bustard {Otis tarda). This noble species 

 (now, it is feared, extinct in England*) was, according 

 to the Rev. F. O. Morris, met with on the Lam- 

 bourne Downs, in Berkshire, up to the year 1802, after 

 which date none, so far as I am aware, have occurred 

 in either of the two counties. 



Little Bustard {Otis tetrax). A very rare visi- 

 tant to Britain. One was killed in September, 1858, 

 in Berkshire, but not far from the borders of Oxford- 

 shire, by two of the Fellows of St. John's College, 

 Oxford. For this addition to my list I am indebted 

 to Mr. Dalziel Mackenzie. 



* The last Great Bustard recorded to have been observed in Britain 

 was one which was seen by Mr. T. A. Rising, near Horsey, in Nor- 

 folk, while he was out wild-fowl shooting, upon the 7th of January, 

 1867. (See the Fic/d, for Jan. 19, 1867.) 





