. The illustrated natural history [microform]. Birds; Natural history; Oiseaux; Sciences naturelles. GGO THE LITTLE BUSTAllD. Ill III M 1?'. Tlio Great Bustard is not fond of flyinjj, its win^s havinjt but a slow and dolihoratn movomont; but on foot it is very swift, and tests the speed of do-r and horse before it cm bo captured. Tlie nestâif a hole in tlie nround may bo called a nestâof this bird is generally made ainouf,' corn, rye, &c., althouj^h it is sometimes situated in rather unexpected localities iho e^j^s are two or thivt! in nundxT, ami of an olive-brown colour, splashed with li
. The illustrated natural history [microform]. Birds; Natural history; Oiseaux; Sciences naturelles. GGO THE LITTLE BUSTAllD. Ill III M 1?'. Tlio Great Bustard is not fond of flyinjj, its win^s havinjt but a slow and dolihoratn movomont; but on foot it is very swift, and tests the speed of do-r and horse before it cm bo captured. Tlie nestâif a hole in tlie nround may bo called a nestâof this bird is generally made ainouf,' corn, rye, &c., althouj^h it is sometimes situated in rather unexpected localities iho e^j^s are two or thivt! in nundxT, ami of an olive-brown colour, splashed with li^t brown in which a -Teen tin-e is The of the bird is almost wholly o? â , ve<;etable natiiic, thounh it is said to feed occasionally upon mice, lizards, and other small vertebrates. The llesh of the Bustard is very excellent, but the extreme rarity of those birds prevents it from beiiijr often seen upon English tables. AVlien caught youu" the Lustard can be readily tamed, and soon becomes quite famiUar with those who treat it Kindly. '' The head and upper part of the neck are greyish white, and upon the side of the neck there is a sini. I patch of slaty blue bare skin, almost concealed by the curious feather tuft which hangs over it. The upper ])art of the body is pale chestnut, barred with black and the tail IS ot similar tints with a white tip, and a very broad black band next to the white llio wmg-coverts, together with the tertials, are white, and the primaries black I he uiuler surface of the body is white. The total length of an adult male is abcut forty-hve inches. The Little Bustard is also an occasional visitor to this country; and whenever it does make its appearance, it almost invariably chooses the winter time Tffi .f \^ no means uncommon in several parts of Europe, and in Russia, assembles in little 1 locks, lowards the shores of the Caspian Sea it is found in greater numbers, the flocks being of considerable size, and al
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