366 THE LITTLE BUSTARD. 



with greyhounds, which are conveyed towards them in 

 covered carts, until such time as they evince _ symptoms of 

 alarm, and begin to move off, when the dogs are slipped 

 from their couplings. 



The Little Bustard (Liten Trapp, Sw. ; 0. Tetrax, Linn.). 

 This is a very rare bird in the peninsula, and but very few 

 instances are on record of its having been killed there. There 

 is a notion, however, that it occasionally breeds in Scania. 

 It is very rare in Denmark. Its proper home is the South of 

 Europe. Migrates. 



A third species of bustard is included in the Danish 

 fauna namely, the Trave-Trapp, or Trotting Bustard (Otis 

 houbara, Linn.), in one instance shot in Schleswig. Its 

 proper home is Arabia and Barbary. 



