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NEW YORK, AND ROCHESTER. N. Y., MARCH 1G, 1871 
In the office of the Librarian of Congress, at Washington.] 
[Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1372, by D. D. T. Moohe, 
pouch swaying to and fro. The display oc¬ 
curs chiefly in the morning or at sundown 
stomach, but Mr. Frank Bucklajtd asserts 
that it is a temporary air-chamber, and that 
it is also closely connected with the repro¬ 
ductive function. 
Our illustration represents the Bustard 
with its pouch inflated, or, as the keeper 
calls it, “ showing off." This occurs during 
May and June. The neck swells, and the 
feathers of the lower part descend gradu¬ 
ally dowuwards in the form of a bag, often¬ 
times nearly reaching the ground. The tail 
is shot upwards and forwards over the back, 
coming almost in contact with the neck; in 
this attitude the bird struts about in a 
somewhat waddling manner, the elongated 
ning. They feed indifferently on grain and 
herbs, worms and insects. They are very 
timid, never perch, but fly with precipita¬ 
tion at the least sign of danger. They live 
on sandy and stony plains fur from water. 
Their eggs are laid in hollow places in open 
fields, and the young can run about and 
cat from the momunt of their birth. The 
males differ from the females, as is usually 
the case with birds, in possessing more or- 
nameuts and more variegated plumage. 
The male, moreover, has a singular pouch- 
liko appendage in the upper part of its neck. 
This pouch was formerly supposed to be a 
water reservoir, like the fabled camel’s 
<$hc naturalist 
Green Plovers (Peewits) are birds which 
an Englishman recommends to aid in keep¬ 
ing lawns clear of worms. They are vora¬ 
cious eaters of worms, and should be en¬ 
couraged, he says, by all lawn-keepers. 
Blue Birds and Martina.— Will you, or 
some of your correspondents, tell me how 
to prevent blue birds from troubling mar¬ 
tins? They whipped the martins out en¬ 
tirely last year, and built in their houses. 
J. W. Vaughn. 
THE AUSTRALIAN BUSTARD 
We give, herewith, an illustration of the 
Australian Bustard, (Churiotls Aimtralbg) 
-a curious bird, having long neck and legs, 
with a moderate bill—the upper mandible 
of which is slightly arched. They evidently 
belong to the order Gralle or Waders. 
Their wings are short, they fly but seldom, 
hardly ever using their wings, except like 
the ostriches, to assist themselves in run¬ 
