BUSTARD

(Otis), genus of numerous species of which are distributed in the Old World, and one in Australia. O. tarda was formerly common in Britain, and has been preserved game bird, but the native race exterminated in the middle of the cent. Occasionally some find their to S.E. England from the Continent. The finely plumed adult male about 8 ft. between the tips of the the female is smaller. E.), town, Lombardy, Italy; designed by Bramante; cotton