GAME-BIRDS OF SOUTH AFRICA 



This Bustard is supposed to be very fond of the gum 

 which exudes from the mimosa, but, although I have 

 examined the stomachs of several and watched many more 

 with powerful field-glasses, I have never seen anything to 

 verify this statement. 



Like all the South African Bustards, it lives chiefly on 

 insects such as locusts, grasshoppers, etc., as weU as on 

 mice, lizards, and small snakes, with a certain quantity 

 of the green leaves of succulent plants. 



Paauw breed on the bare ground, laying two eggs in 

 a slight hollow. The eggs measure about 3i by 2i in., and 

 are pale brown mottled with darker shades, but they vary 

 much in the markings. 



