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tively but for the able assistance in the work, and the positive 

 conclusions deduced therefrom, by Dr. Suche. To this I may 

 add that, on mentioning our work and our unanimous con- 

 victions to Prof, du Bocage, he not only cordially concurred with 

 us, but declared that it was impossible for any one to examine 

 the throat and neck of an adult male Otis tarda without being 

 convinced by his own senses that such a pouch did exist. Even 

 previously to removing the skin of my bird, the position and size 

 of the large goitre-like excrescence standing out from the neck, 

 though concealed by feathers, could be plainly discerned, and, 

 when handled, at once betrayed the soft yielding nature of its 

 substance. 



In regard to plumage, the most remarkable peculiarity of this, 

 as well as of the only other specimen of the Great Bustard which I 

 could find in Portugal, a splendid adult male in the Lisbon Mu- 

 seum, consists in the extremely ruddy or dark chestnut hue which 

 pervades the feathers of the neck and back. In this opinion I 

 am corroborated by Prof. Newton, who has examined my Por- 

 tuguese specimen. 



127. *Otis tetrax, Linn. Little Bustard. " Cizdo." 

 This species appears extremely common ; indeed it is con- 

 stantly served at table under the title of " Pheasant :" so plen- 

 tiful is it that the price I paid for a fine adult male in the 

 poultry-market amounted to no more than two hundred reis, 

 which, however large the figure may seem, represents no more 

 than tenpence halfpenny of our money. In skinning this bird, 

 I found a considerable cellular fatty deposit very thickly covering 

 the interior of the skin of the neck, more especially at the back 

 of it. This I had to remove very carefully and patiently, bit by 

 bit, with the scalpel. It gave the neck a very thick appearance, 

 and, when felt from the outside, was soft, somewhat as in the 

 pouch of 0. tarda; but in this case there was no trace of pouch 

 or bag. 



128. tOEoicNEMUS CREPITANS, Temm. Stone-Curlew. "Al- 

 caravdo." 



129. tGLABEOLAPKATiNcoLA (Linn.). Pratincole. " Perdiz 

 do mar." 



