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be devoured at leisure. Both the old birds resorted to this " larder " at 

 frequent intervals during the course of the day, and for many months 

 after the young had left the nest. 



In connection with the breeding of this species, I may mention that 1 

 have frequently found lumps of clay and small stones in their nests when 

 the labter contained eggs (see also Jesse in '^ Ibis," January 1903, p. 75), 

 but have never yet been able to make out what purpose this rubbish 

 serves. I daresay other Ornithologists have had similar experiences, and it 

 would be interesting to know what explanations, if any, have been 

 advanced in regard to this curious practice indulged in by these 

 Kites. 



P. T. L. DODSWORTH, f.z.s., m.b.o.u. 

 Simla, S. W., 2Wi August 1912. 



No. XVII.— TAMENESS OF GREAT INDIAN BUSTARD 

 {EUPODOTIS EDWARDSI). 



With regard to the recent articles on Bustard in your Journal, readers 

 may be interested in hearing that, in spite of the extreme wariness of the 

 Great Bustard, on the 15th of May this year, I came upon a pair of these 

 birds wading at the edge of a large poai and drinking. The pond itself is 

 about half a mile from a town of considerable size and there were at the 

 time a group of dhobies washing clothes on the opposite side of the pond 

 within 200 yards of the Great Bastard. I myself walked to a point just 

 opposite them, and about 90 yards distant from them, so there can be no 

 mistake about their identity. I enquired whether any had been seen 

 before in the locality and was informed that they had not. It would also 

 appear that these particular birds were in the practice of coming here to 

 drink, for a friend of mine who happened to visit the pond some three 

 days later also says he saw them. I do not suppose for a moment that it 

 is an unknown characteristic of the Great Bustard that he should come to 

 drink at ponds, but I am surprised that such a retiring bird as he should 

 come to drink at a popular dhobies' ghat. 



R. TEAGUE JONES, 



Indian Police. 

 Fkrozepore, Punjab, Ath August 1912. 



No. XVIII.— BUSTARD IN KATHIAWAR. 



In ordinary years during my district touring in Sorath Prant I have 

 occasionally come across a solitary Great Indian Bustard ( Eupodotis 

 edzoardsi) sometimes two or three together, but they are by no means 

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