AVES—BUSTARD. 619 
The bustard (according to Plutarch) was found in Libya, in the environs of 
A.exandria, in Syria, in Greece, in Spain, in France, in the plains of Poitou 
and Champagne; they are now and then seen in England, on the extensive 
downs of Salisbury Plain, in the heaths of Sussex and Cambridgeshire, the 
Dorsetshire uplands, and as far as East Lothian, in Scotland. In thos? 
extensive plains, where there are no woods to screen the sportsman, nw 
hedges to creep along, the bustards enjoy an indolent security. Their fooe 
2s' composed of the berries that grow among the heath, and the large earth- 
worms that appear in great quantities on the downs before sunrising in 
summer. They also eat green corn, the tops of turnips, and other vegeta- 
bles ; and have even been known to devour frogs, mice, and young birds. 
It isin vain that the fowler creeps forward to approach them; they have 
always sentinels placed at proper eminences, which are ever on the watch, 
and warn the flock of the smallest appearance of danger. All therefore that 
