cxxx. 



OTIS TETllAX. (Linn.) 

 Little Bustard. 



Like the large species, the Little Bustard lays its eggs 

 upon the bare ground. 



They are said to be from three to five in number, " of a 

 clear, shining, grass-green colour, without spot or stain." 

 This is, I think, most likely an oversight, and that the faint, 

 undefined sj^ots may have been overlooked. Any one who 

 had previously seen the eggs of the Greater Bustard, 

 would look for a similar character in those of the 

 present species, and he would be pleased in observing the 

 close resemblance which they bear to each other, distinct as 

 they are fi'om those of all other birds. 



I would however, by no means dispute the fact, that there 

 may be spotless varieties. 



