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" The party breaks up when the sun is half-an- 

 hour high to be repeated the next morning and 

 every morning for a week or two before all make 



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Fig. 3. — Dissection of the head and neck of a great 

 bustard, Otis tarda, to show the curious wind- 

 hag or pouch (p. 100) used in the love-display. 



satisfactory matches. It is toward the latter 

 part of the love-season that the fighting takes 

 place among the cocks, probably by two who 



