302 GRALLATORES. 



instead of tendons ; as also in the muscles of the leg, or those muscles 

 on the tibia. 



This description is from another Bustard, a female. 



It has no crop ; the stomach is pretty long with the oesophagus enter- 

 ing at the upper end, and the gut coming out from its most convex 

 side, near the upper end on the right side. It is not much thicker in 

 its muscular coats than [is] the human [stomach], but the horny coat is 

 pretty strong ; about as thick as the muscular one. There were pretty 

 large stones in it. The intestines are as in a hen, only that the cseca 

 are larger and wider in proportion, and the rectum is enlarged. Its 

 anus [cloaca] is about as big as one's fist. 



The ducts of the liver are as usual, only that they all enter the gut 

 upon one nipple, but by distinct orifices as far as I can judge. The 

 pancreatic ducts terminate upon the same nipple and by distinct orifices 

 likewise. Besides the second duct of the pancreas, as usual in birds, 

 there is a small one that enters the gut at the other end of the pancreas. 



The ovarium is as in a hen, and also the oviduct ; the ureters are the 

 same ; but, on the right side of the rectum, just opposite to the opening 

 of the vagina, there is an opening just like that of the vagina ; it leads 

 up, like the vagina, and ends in a blunt point like the csecum : it is 

 largest at the blind end, and is about 4 or 5 inches long [right oviduct]. 



Above the rectum there is a cavity that will admit one finger. 



Some obsei'vations on the living Bustard. 



He appears rather a tender bird, for he dislikes the cold much, and 

 falls off his appetite if left out all night in the cold evenings of May 

 or September. He likes a dry soil, for he will hardly go upon grass, if 

 there is gravel. He lies squat all night, and if possible on something 

 soft. When very tame he flies at strangers, raises his tail somewhat 

 similar to a hen's, or fan-tailed pigeon, and raises a little his wings ; 

 and I suppose he lays hold with his bill, and strikes with his wings. 

 His bill is pretty hard, somewhat like a raven's, but is not so hard. 

 He kills animals with it, such as mice and young birds. He eats meat, 

 is fond of boiled liver, swallows mice whole after having pinched their 

 heads with his bill, as also young sparrows : he is fond of cucumbers, 

 but eats only the inside ; he eats plums, and the buds of flowers, as 

 roses ; he is also fond of worms, and will look sharp when a person is 

 digging. In things that cannot be called food, they, like the ostrich, 

 are not nice, but will pick up nails, bits of cloth, &c. 



The excrement is thin, and is thrown from him. 



