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Bustard. A bird of the old world belonging to the family Otidae, a group intermediate between plovers and cranes. The great bustard is the largest European bird, the male often weighing thirty pounds, with a breadth of wing of six or seven feet. The bustard is now extinct in Britain, but abounds in the south and east of Europe and the steppes of Russia, feeding on green corn and other vegetables, and on earthworms. Its flesh is esteemed for food. All the species run fast, and take flight with difficulty. The little bustard occasionally visits Britain. The Australian species is a magnificent bird highly prized as food.

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