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with such shot as is generally used for partridge-shooting. 

 There were two other Bustards in company with the one 

 shot, neither of which appeared to be hurt." In the 

 Supplement, he states, that in July, 1806, two gentlemen's 

 servants observed, near Ringwood Forest, a large Puttock 

 Hawk suddenly pitch from the air amongst some furze, 

 and not seeing him rise again, were led by curiosity to 

 examine what kind of prey he had caught, and found it 

 was a young Bustard weighing nearly 7 Ibs. Markwick, in 

 his Catalogue of the Birds of Sussex, published in 1798, 

 says of the Great Bustard, " Sometimes seen on our South 

 Downs." Mr. Knox, in his Systematic Catalogue of the 

 Birds of Sussex, published in 1855, says, p. 222, " I have 

 met with some very old people who, in their younger 

 days, have seen flocks of this noble bird on the Downs." 

 Ray and Willughby mention Royston Heath as a place 

 frequented in their time by this species ; and in reference 

 to Bustards, as formerly inhabiting that part of the coun- 

 try, I may state, that Mr. Joseph Clarke, of Saffron 

 Walden, once gave me a copy of a single paper of Addi- 

 son's Spectator, No. CCCX., for Tuesday, March 4th, 

 1712, containing an advertisement, of which the following 

 is an exact copy : " HEYDEN in ESSEX, near WALDEN 

 and ROYSTON, the seat of Sir Peter Soame, Bart., de- 

 ceased, situate on a gentle hill, with a very large and plea- 

 sant prospect, fair gardens, canals, fish ponds, dove coate, 

 and all sorts of offices without door, woods of large timber, 

 and where is all game in great plenty, even to the Bustard 

 and Pheasant, is to be let, furnished or unfurnished, for 16 

 years. Enquire at Mr. Chus, in Bartly Street, Piccadily, 

 or at Mr. Cooper's, at the Blue Boar, in Holborn." To 

 this I may add, that in Melbourne, the parish next below 

 Royston, there is a piece of land which is still known by 

 the name of Bustard-Leys ; and Dr. George Thackeray, 



