. Zoological Society bulletin . HORNED SCREAMER 1014 ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY BULLETIN. OCELLATED TURKEY range, of late years little has been heard of itand many considered the species extinct. Asensation was caused, therefore, when theagent of an enterprising London dealer suc-ceeded, some two or three years ago, in cap-turing several pairs of these birds, and intransporting them safely to London, wherethey were quickly sold at very high prices. Alittle later the collectors of the late CarlHagenbeck secured a few specimens, whichwere exhibited for some time at was from this lot that t
. Zoological Society bulletin . HORNED SCREAMER 1014 ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY BULLETIN. OCELLATED TURKEY range, of late years little has been heard of itand many considered the species extinct. Asensation was caused, therefore, when theagent of an enterprising London dealer suc-ceeded, some two or three years ago, in cap-turing several pairs of these birds, and intransporting them safely to London, wherethey were quickly sold at very high prices. Alittle later the collectors of the late CarlHagenbeck secured a few specimens, whichwere exhibited for some time at was from this lot that the Zoological So-ciety secured the present pair, at a price con-siderably less than half that asked for theoriginal arrivals. The Great Bustard.—Of the several speciesof birds which have been extirpated from thefauna of Great Britain, the finest is undoubt-edly the great bustard. Once abundant onthe open downs of England and Ireland, thisbird is now seen there only as an occasionalstraggler from the Continent, where it is stillfairly abundant in the southern pr
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