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the east it ranges as far as the Jumna, 

 and approximately up to a line, roughly 

 speaking, connecting Delhi and Sambalpur 

 in the Central Provinces. Southwards 

 it is met with down to about the nth 

 degree of north latitude, being universally 

 distributed over the whole country except 

 the western coast. 



Dr. Jerdon says : — " The Bustard 

 frequents bare open plains, grassy plains 

 interspersed with low bushes, and occa- 

 sionally high grass runinahs. . . . To- 

 wards the close of the rains and in the 

 cold weather before the long grass is cut 

 down, the Bustard will often be found, 

 at all events in the heat of the day, con- 

 cealed in the grass, but not for the pur- 

 pose of eating the seeds of the Roussa 

 grass, as the writer * above alluded to 

 imagines, rather for the large grass- 

 hoppers which abound so there and 

 which fly against you at every few steps 

 you take. During the cold weather the 

 Bustard frequently feeds, and rests during 

 the day likewise, in wheat fields. When 

 the grass and corn are all cut and the 

 bare plains no longer afford food to the 

 Bustard, it will be found along the banks 



* Dr. Jerdon here refers to a writer in the 

 Sporting Revietv. 



