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BUSTARD, LITTLE. 
Ottis TETRAX, Lin. 
This bird is found in Spain, Italy, and the sou- 
thern parts of Europe, where it is said to remain 
all the year; also in the deserts of Tartary and in 
the neighbourhood of the Caspian Sea. It has 
been taken in several instances in Great Bri- 
tain, but on no occasion is an adult male known 
to have been captured in this country. It occa- 
sionally visits Scotland; where, as we are informed, 
a female was shot by Mr. Adamson near Saint 
Andrews in March, 1840. The female is smaller 
than the male, and of a more uniform colour. It 
builds its nest on the ground, among herbage 
which is high enough to conceal the bird. The 
egos, from three to five in number, are of a glossy 
ereen colour. 
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MacqureEn’s BustTarp. 
Oris Macqverni, Gray. 
There are only one or two recorded instances 
of the capture of any of this species in Europe. 
One which was taken in Lincolnshire is now in 
the Museum of the Philosophical Society at York 4 
and another, killed near Brussels in 1845, is in 
the Museum of Natural History in that city. This 
species is said to be common on the stony plains 
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