io8 THE GUN: AFIELD AND AFLOAT 



The female is considerably smaller, measuring at full 

 length some 36 inches. The eggs, numbering two or 

 three, are laid in a slight hollow scratched in the ground ; 

 they measure three inches in length by a little over 

 two inches in breadth, the coloration being indistinct 



THE GREAT BUSTARD. 



irregular patches of greenish-brown on an olive-brown 

 ground. 



A practical attempt is now being made towards re- 

 instating the bustard as a resident game-bird in Great 

 Britain. In 1901 seventeen birds were secured from 

 Spain, and turned down upon Lord Iveagh's estate in 

 Suffolk. This public-spirited effort has proved anything 

 but successful so far, largely by reason of the insensate 



