96 WATURAL HISTORY. 
Buftards are principally found on Salifbury Plaing, 
Newmarket and Royiton Heaths, Dorfetfhire Uplands, 
and thofe of Marfh or Lothian, in Scotland.. The 
-run very faft; and, although flow in flight, will, 
when on the wing, continue their progrefs, without 
tefting, for feveral miles. It is with fuch difficulty. 
they take flight, that they are frequently run down 
by greyhounds. . They feldom wander above twenty 
or thirty miles from their haunts. ‘They live on ber= 
ries, which grow on the heaths, and .on earthworms, 
that are found on the downs: before the fun rifes. . 
As afecurity againft drought, nature has furnifhed 
the malé with a pouch, that will contain near feven 
quarts of water, with which, it is:fuppofed, they ac- 
~commodate.and fupply the female while fitting, or 
the young, until they can fly... |. a Boy 
It lives about fifteen years, but cannot be domefti- 
cated from the want of a fufficient fupply g@if the food 
which they delight in, which they can only obtain in 
their natural ftate. o SURF 
There are two other fpecies of this bird, which are 
Called the Indian buftard and little buftard. 

