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during May and
June. The neck
swells, and the
feathers of the lower part descend
gradually d o w nward in the form
of a bag, oftentimes
nearly reaching the
ground. The tail
is shot upward and
forward over the
back, coming almost in contact with
the neck; in this
attitude the bird
struts about in a
somewhat waddling
manner, the elongated pouch swaying to and fro. The
display occurs chiefly in the morning
or at sundown.
Bustards were formerly abundant in
England, and, less
than a hundred
years ago, were to
be seen in flocks
of fifty or more on
the extensive downs
of Salisbury Plain,
on Newmarket and
Royston H e a t h s
in Cambridgeshire,
the Dorset Uplands, and Lothian
in Scotland. The
progress of enclosure, and the increase of inhabitants, have gradually driven them
away or killed them
off; and they are
now almost, if not
altogether, extinct.
The English bustard was a fine,
large bird, for the
male weighed about
t w e n t y - s e v e n
pounds. How happy will the people
of 1972 be if they
can say the same
of lawyers as we
have written of bustards! "Lessthan
a hundred years
ago, they were to
be seen in flocks
of fifty or more in
Westminster Hall,
or Lincoln's -Inn
Fields; but the
progress of intelligence and the
increase of good
sense have gradually driven them
away, and they
are now almost, if
not altogether, extinct."
APPLETONS' JOURNAL-CONTENTS OF NO. 167, JUNE 8, 1872.
Miss INGLESBY'S SISTER-IN-LAW. (With an Illustration.) By the
author of " Morton House," etc...........................
LADY SWEETAPPLE; OR, THREE TO ONE: Chapter XXXV. By
the author of "Annals of an Eventful Life."................
ANGIELICA KAUFMAN. From the German......................
WISTARIA. By Emma M. Converse.............................
CRYPTOGRAPHY. By John H. Snively...........................
A COURT-BALL IN EGYPT. By Louisa Mihlbach................
THE PATAGONIANS............................................
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THE FISHERMAN's LIGHT-HOUSE. By John James Piatt..........
MOTION BY RAIL. (With Illustrations.).........................
STREET-CORNER STUDIES. By Ralph Reeler......................
MR. ALGERNON SWINBURNE.....................................
TABLE-TALK..................................................
LITERARY NOTES.................................................
MISCELLANY....................................................
FOREIGN ITEmS................................................
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