glossy olive-green, occasionally spotless, but more often 

 blotched with dark bronze colour. The Spaniards say 

 that the Little Bustard generally produces two broods ; 

 this statement 1 can neither deny or confirm from 

 personal knowledge, but I have reason to believe that 

 it is correct. 



In captivity this bird becomes very tame, but is 

 delicate and very susceptible of damp in cold weather. 



The Little Bustard abounds in certain parts of the 

 Danubian provinces, the Crimea and Southern Russia 

 generally; I have met with it in Albania, Sicily, and 

 Sardinia, and have received specimens from Cyprus. 

 Mr. H. Saunders tells us that it breeds freely on the 

 plains that extend across France from Marne to La 

 Vendee, where it has greatly increased of late years, 

 arriving about the end of March or early in April, and 

 leaving in September. I believe that these dates would 

 apply generally as regards this bird to most of its 

 summer haunts to the north of the Alps and Pyrenees, 

 but in the south of Spain, Sardinia, and Sicily it is to 

 be met with throughout the year. For a most amusing 

 account of the pursuit of this species and the Great 

 Bustard on the downs of the Dobrudscha, I refer my 

 readers to a delightfully written article by Mr. W. H. 

 Simpson in 'The Ibis' for 1861, p. 361. 



