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pression upon the bare ground, and are said to be from 

 three to five in number. They are of a more decided green 

 colour than those of the last species, and are varied with 

 tints of grey and brown. 



MACQUEEN'S BUSTARD. Otis Macqueeni. A bird of this 

 species, called also the Buffed Bustard, was shot in Lincoln- 

 shire, in October 1847. It is an Indian species, described 

 as common throughout the year on the stony plains of 

 Afghanistan, where it is sometimes seen in companies of 

 five or six. It is further said to frequent dry, sandy plains, 

 where there is little grass, and to be found in grain and 

 wheat fields. " The specimen killed in Lincolnshire had its 

 craw filled with caterpillars of the common yellow under- 

 wing moth, small shelled snails, beetles, etc." These par- 

 ticulars we have derived from the second supplement to 

 Mr. YarrelFs ' History of British Birds / but of the breed- 

 ing habits of this species we can give no account. 



ORDER V. CURSORES. RUNNING BIRDS. 



Unless the Bustards, which we have included in the last 

 Order, should be considered members of the present, we 



