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cover^ in the neck of the male bustard^ a bladder capable of 
holding two quarts of water : the hen has no such provision. 
^^The male therefore seems to be provided with such a 
receptacle to be used while the female is sittings or whilst 
her young brood cannot move far from the nest/^ Daines 
Barrington goes on to say that a gentleman^ long resident 
at Morocco, told him that the male bustard, when attacked 
by hawks (for the inhabitants frequently fly their hawks at 
bustards), makes use of this reservoir of liquor against these 
assailants,, and commonly thus baffles them/^ 
Mr. Yarrell has lately dissected a male bustard, and has 
found no such bladder, though he seems to think that, at 
certain seasons, there may be some dilatation of parts about 
the head in the male, which have given rise perhaps to the 
observations of Dr. Douglas. 
