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Lectures, vol. i. 1809. Ornithologia, p. 206. Among the other species of Bustards are the Little, or Field, and the thick-kneed, Stone-curlew, or Norfolk Plover. There are also some fine species in India, where they are generally in pairs, but sometimes in families of four and five: as they do not fly high, they are sometimes pursued on horseback, and fired at with pistols.
See Mirror, vol. xviii. p. 356. Hereford. The Bustard, huge Rasor, with gular pouch long, With legs formed for running, and beak that is strong, Whose presence this island regards now as rare. Jennings's Ornithologia. There are seventeen species, which form the genus Otis of Linnaeus. They are natives of Europe, Asia, and Africa.
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