. Natural history of birds, fish, insects, and reptiles . upon VOL. I. A a turnip- ifi NATURAL HISTOKY- turnip-leaves, and other similar succulent vege-tables. In some parts of Switzerland they arefound frozen in the fields in severe weather, butwhen taken to a warm place they recover are supposed to live about fifteen years>but are incapable of being propagated in a do-mestic state, probably from not having a sup-ply of that peculiar food which may be neces-sary to their constitution. The little bustard differs from the precedingonly in its small size, not being larger than aphe
. Natural history of birds, fish, insects, and reptiles . upon VOL. I. A a turnip- ifi NATURAL HISTOKY- turnip-leaves, and other similar succulent vege-tables. In some parts of Switzerland they arefound frozen in the fields in severe weather, butwhen taken to a warm place they recover are supposed to live about fifteen years>but are incapable of being propagated in a do-mestic state, probably from not having a sup-ply of that peculiar food which may be neces-sary to their constitution. The little bustard differs from the precedingonly in its small size, not being larger than apheasant, or about seventeen inches in species is found in many parts of is, however, by no means common in France,and has only been met with three or four timesin England. There are six or seven species of this kind,two or three of which, particularly the houbaraand the rhaad (both African birds), are crested,and different from the European ones, by somevarieties in their plumage; but there are notany of the species found in Jiiistoj-tl.
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