. An illustrated manual of British birds. Birds. OTIDID^. 523. THE GREAT BUSTARD. Otis tarda, Linnaeus. Until the year 1526 the Great Bustard used to breed, sparingly, on the flat portions of Berwickshire and East Lothian, on the Scottish side of the Border; while in England it was abundant on the moors, extensive downs and plains as far south as the Channel. The enclosure of wastes, the planting of trees, and the increase of population contributed to the gradual diminution of its numbers ; and this fine species gradually passed away from Berkshire, Hert- fordshire, Cambridgeshire, the wolds o
. An illustrated manual of British birds. Birds. OTIDID^. 523. THE GREAT BUSTARD. Otis tarda, Linnaeus. Until the year 1526 the Great Bustard used to breed, sparingly, on the flat portions of Berwickshire and East Lothian, on the Scottish side of the Border; while in England it was abundant on the moors, extensive downs and plains as far south as the Channel. The enclosure of wastes, the planting of trees, and the increase of population contributed to the gradual diminution of its numbers ; and this fine species gradually passed away from Berkshire, Hert- fordshire, Cambridgeshire, the wolds of Lincolnshire, and the downs of Sussex, while the first decade of this century saw the extinction of the birds indigenous to Salisbury Plain. On the Eastern Wolds of Yorkshire a survivor of former droves was trapped in 1832-33; and in Norfolk and Suffolk the last fertile eggs were taken about 1838, though a few birds lingered to a somewhat later date. The. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Saunders, Howard, 1835-1907. London, Gurney and Jackson
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