liastoning the process at' incubiition, and causing tne 

 eggs to break, introducing, as if by magic, a group of new- 

 fledged birds, to rivet the attention of the wayfarer. 



In the same cas€ (109}, is a most singular speci- 

 men of the Bustard, the largest of European birds- 

 and the rarest witli 

 U.S. The one iu our 

 illustration is the 

 mfted bustard, re- 

 markable chieriy for 

 the peculiar forma- 

 tion of the brpast. 

 iJustards are seldom, 

 if ever, met Avith in 

 the soutlieru and 

 south-Nvesteru por- 

 tions of the British 

 i-les ; but we re- 

 member to have seen 

 several last summer 

 intlie' county of \oi-- 

 folk, to wliich it has 

 long bnen reported 



to have been exclusively confined. It is an unwieldy 

 and generally weighs about thirty pounds; its 

 Iiowever, highly esteemed by epicures. 



Ave to rase ill, in which the 

 most remarkable of all is the 

 rrumjjeter. This most singular 

 bird, of which tliere are only 

 J wo species, belongs to the genus 

 Phosiu of l.innvcus.and is a native 

 chiefly of tSouth America and the 

 Brazils. It is of use there to the 

 natives when domesticated, by its 

 quality of making a peculiarly 

 .shrill noise, or " trumpeting," 

 when danger is near. For this 

 purpose, it is often set to guard 

 poultry, and feeding chiefly on 

 serpents, its presence is much 

 «)ught after. 



'bird, 

 flesh 



And now come 



