mmons, suchas Salisbury Plain, or the heaths of Sussex and Cambridgeshire, or even inthe wild districts of Scotland. The flat plains of Norfolk, called the bustard country, form an excellenthome for the bustard, and about fifty years ago it used to be abundant there.And about the city of Norwich an… … GREAT BUSTARDS. numbers. By good care and feeding, the farmers wife hoped the birdswould lay eggs, and rear the broods, but this was not the case. For the last half century scarce a bustard has been seen, and every timesuch has been the case, the fact has been recorded with interest THE BUSTARD.…
Birds -- Juvenile literature
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