286 LESSER BUSTARD. Crass Il. 
of holding near feven quarts; and this they pro- 
bably fill with water, to fupply the hen when fit- 
ting, or the young before they can fly. Buftards 
lay. only two eggs, of the fize of thofe of a goofe, 
of a pale olive brown, marked with fpots of a 
. darker color; they make no neft, only fcrape a 
hole in the ground. In autumn they are (in Wilt- 
foire) generally found in large turnep fields near 
the Downs, and in flocks of fifty or more. 
99- Lesser. The French Canne-patiere. V. 24. de Buffon, Il. 40. 
Wil. orn. 179. Ply Bala 40: 25 ate 
La petite outard. Brifox av. Otis Tetrax. Lin. fpf. 264. 
HERE have been three or four inftances of 
this {pecies being fhot in England, but the 
fpecimens I have feen have been all female. Whe- 
ther they were accidental ftragelers from the con- 
tinent; or whether they breed here, and the male 
has efcaped the fportfman’s notice, is not yet afcer- 
tained. 
This bird is about the fize of a pheafant. The 
male, which I have feen in Frauce, varies much in © 
the colors of the neck from the female, being 
black, marked tranfverfely above and below with 
a band of white. The crown of the head black 
and ferruginous. The back, fcapulars, and coverts © 
of the wings varied with black and ferruginous { 
lines. 
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