the bustard. 
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Possible th e fo tkm o f t h CaUS i? S 1 ,° imitate as much as 
which mistake it for a birdofiK 1?eCki bustards > he adds > 
out apprehension Id f ^ s P ecies > approach it with- 
All this, & "it™™ ? 6 P rey of ‘hat crafty animal, 
finite stupidity in ’/l, i in , fluue cnnmn f r the fox, in- 
the writer. y 1 bird * and P erha ps infinite credulity in 
f oota?d er s ec;ritv W s P o 1 Set Where f J can . at once fi " d Proper 
haunts seldom wand ' y generally continue near their old 
home. AMW food gab ?? *”?*** or thiit y miles from 
wit h moisture, it enables 
a 7 n .y springs of water a if P J ams ' f ere there are scarcely 
this, nature has o-iven tl Dg lme without drinking. Besides 
their security aganS tWrst^'n ™ ]nm ' nh [ e magazine for 
°t which lies immedfind * ' i ls a P ouc h> the entrance 
holding near seven on ni J l ' nder the tongue, and capable of 
1'Pon proper ^occasion 7 TT J h,S is F ob ably filled 
young before they can fly. PP Y m when sittin f or the 
and lit^r^ 6 a h ° le in the ear th, 
they lay two eggs only a most of t£ S StraW ‘ There 
a Pale olive brown, mkrked with * 
. /'ey hatch for about thirty days and if d ' dl ' ker Colour - 
KaK f r out y °” E ones rn " 
of the hunters' muff t^persecuted mother is apprehensive 
$Bg« under he W S a f S : ,rbed ***** nest , •£? takes her 
fact is, howeS T to a P lace of safety, 
birds of this 1-ind that to'fpwing the instinct of all the 
'''here they l ’ f S encra lly make their nest in the corn 
The S t S 0t ’ Remaining undisturbed ' 
ca cy of their ff htVln in America— Besides the deli- 
nquent pens l! qui !?. are valu able, as they make ex- 
use them as’ J stl ] 1 more esteemed by anglers who 
notion £ t h i°t ’ fbr ’ f the y are spotted with black the 
wh » ra.he“H„ b Sr d ri V y a p “y b y;r to *•’**, 
s-eventeeu inches’in length ‘ rff tha °- a Peasant, or about 
P arta of Europe! It is howJ ?P ecie8 18 found ™ many 
h‘ance, and has onlv h ever ’ by 110 means common in 
England. y been “ et with three or four times in 
tw ° birds of this kind, 
, pai ticularly the boubara and the rhuacl, 
