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BUSTAKD, LITTLE. 



OTIS TETBA.XJ 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 

 eggs, from three to five in number, are of a glossy 

 green colour. 



BUSTARD, RUFFEA. 

 MACQUEEN'S BUSTARD* 



OTIS MACQUEENII, 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 5 

 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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