338 



VERTEBRATA. AVES. 



GREAT BUSTARD (0&s Tarda). 



in Norfolk, on Salisbury Plain, and in a few other 

 open situations, stands nearly four feet high. It is 

 mottled with blackish freckles on a light brown 

 ground. The flesh is excellent food, and formerly it 

 was so esteemed as to be an object of the chase. A 

 smaller species is found in Europe, and several in 

 Africa and Asia. 



