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LITTLE BUSTARD. 



LESSER BUSTARD. 

 PLATE CXLVH. 



Otis tetrax, PEXXANT. MOXTAGU. 



THE nest is on the ground a mere hollow, under the shelter of any 

 sufficiently high herbage that may be proximate. 



The eggs are said to be from three to five in number, olive brown 

 in colour, sometimes varied with patches of a darker shade of brown. 



