184 . THE LITTLE AND RUPFET) BUSTARD. 



carts, until such times as they evince symptoms of alarm 

 and hegin to move off, when the dogs are slipped from 

 their couplings, and not unfrequently pull them down 

 before they are enabled to take wing. 



The Northern Fauna includes tAVO other species of 

 Bustard; viz., the Little Bustard [Liten Trapp, Sw\; I>ii(Br(j- 

 Trapp, or dwarf-bustard, Danish; Otis tetrax, Linn.), and 

 the Otis Hoiihara, Linn. {Krage-Trapp, i. e. collared or 

 ruffed bustard, Sw.; Trace-Trapp, i.e. trotting bustard, 

 Dan.), both of which claim more southern latitudes as their 

 proper home. But as neither of these birds, excepting 

 in very rare instances, has been met with in Sweden or 

 Denmai'k, and as Northern ornithologists seem to know 

 little more about them beyond what is to be gathered 

 from books, I will merely mention that both the species 

 in question are believed to be polygamous, and that 

 their habits and manner of feeding are very similar to 

 those of the Great Bustard. 



