BUSTARD. 
Otus; that is, the Great Bustard, with the 
Eared Owl. 
A long and laborious account is given by 
Buffon, of the eiTors into which several dis- 
tinguished naturalists have fallen respe(5ling 
this bird ; which he denominates, rOutarde. 
The Bustard, or Otis Tardis, in the Lin- 
nean system, forms a distinct genus of birds, 
of the order of Grallae; the distinguishing 
charadlers of which are, that the feet have 
only three toes each, and those all placed be- 
fore ; that the upper mandible of the bill is 
arched; that the nostrils are ovated- and that 
the tongue is bifid. 
The Great, or Common Bustard, is said to 
be found in Lybia, in Syria, in Greece, and 
in Spain ; in France, in the plains of Poitou 
and Champagne ; in the open countries situ- 
ated on the east and south of Great Britain, 
from Dorsetshire to the Mers and Lothians 
in Scotland; in the Netherlands, and Germa- 
ny; and in the Ukraine, and Poland, where it 
passes, according to Rzacynski, the winter in 
the 
