THE INDIAN BUSTARD. 
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anterior horns did not appear till the third year, although the 
posterior horns were well developed early in the second. 
Doubtless many of the two-horned individuals seen are young. 
Blyth came to the conclusion that the two-horned form is 
merely a variety, and after reading all that has been written 
by Mc Master and Sterndale on the subject » I agree with him," 
The Indian bustard' [Eupodoiis edwardsn) was occa- 
sionally met with on the plains and afforded good sport for 
the rifle ; I used to stalk them in the same way as I did the 
antelope, with this difference, that they generally stood and 
allowed me to circle round them, gradually decreasing the 
circumference until I got within shot ; their power of conceal- 
ing themselves behind a small bush or tuft of grass wss 
wonderful They differ considerably both in colour and 
appearance from the European bustard, and are from four to 
five feet in length ; generally weigh about twenty-six to 
twenty-eight pounds, get on the wing very easily, and fly 
very long distances. Jerdon states that one sportsman has 
killed over a thousand of these birds with the rifle. The 
females and poults are fair eating. 
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* See plate "Spearing Antelope," page 5. 
