THE ZooLocist—FEBRovARY, 1875. 4339 
almost entirely of young shoots, buds, and leaves of the larch, with the 
exception of three small pieces of lichen, which, however, had probably been 
picked off the same tree. This single meal had consisted of five pieces of 
young shoots, each about an inch in length, nine hundred and eighteen buds 
with the leaves attached, and an ordinary-sized pocketful of young leaves, 
the whole being moist and sticking together in small bundles. From the 
above facts it would be seen that where the capercailzie was numerous, it 
must do considerable injury to larch and fir plantations, although their food 
was by no means confined to these species. He (Mr. Dunn) had examined 
crops which contained (besides larch and Scotch fir) various sorts of berries— 
junipers, mountain berries, hips and haws, brambles, cranberries, &c., generally 
mixed with leaves of the same plant, and sometimes with leaves and buds 
of the birch, hazel and oak, although those of the latter were rarely found. 
In July and August he had found their crops to contain nothing but the 
young tops and bloom of heather. A fine specimen of the bird was on the 
table, as were also glass jars containing the disgorged coutents of several 
crops.—[Communicated by Mr. R. Chambers.] 
Little Bustard near the Lizard.— The only rare bird that has come 
under my notice in this district, during the present winter, is the little 
bustard, which was killed from a field of turnips last week. The bird was 
in the same state of plumage as all those I have noticed in this westerly 
district, and which have always occurred in the winter.—H. H. Rodd ; 
Penzance, December 27, 1874. 
Little Bustard near Looe, Cornwall.—aA little bustard was shot in the 
parish of St. Martin’s, near Looe, on the 9th of January. I believe it to 
be a female: it is in excellent winter plumage. Seeing you havea note 
from Mr. Rodd of-a recent occurrence of the little bustard near Penzance, 
I think it unnecessary to make any remarks on the appearance of so rare a 
bird, but give an extract from a note I received from the person who was so 
fortunate as to shoot it :—‘I was surprised to see the bird run; it would, 
I should say, run almost as fast as a pheasant, and at the same time standing 
perfectly erect. When fairly on the wing it piped similarly to a golden 
plover, but with longer and louder notes; it did not fly fast, but moved its 
wings very rapidly.”—Stephen Clogg. 
‘Little Bustard in the Isle of Wight—As Mr. Henry Jacob,’ of Royal 
Cliff, Sandown, with his friend, Mr. Horace Langdale, of Compton Vicarage, 
were shooting snipes on Hale Farm, on the 2nd instant, they observed a 
little bustard (Otis tetraw) feeding in a turnip-field, and, after flushing it two 
or three times, managed to secure it. The bird was in winter plumage, 
- and appeared to be an adult female. It has been sent to Mr. Brayley, of 
Ryde, for preservation.—‘ Field,’ January 16. 
Little Bustard at Walton-on-the-Naze.— During my stay here, since the 
24th of December, a pair of the small bustard have been shot on the Walton 
