great bustard
Americannoun
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The great bustard has been reintroduced to Salisbury Plain.
From The Guardian ● Jul. 3, 2017
Its great bustard, once our greatest bird—even greater than the golden and sea eagles and the "giant crane" with its "trumpet sound" once heard in the land—is now but a memory.
From A Shepherd's Life Impressions of the South Wiltshire Downs by Hudson, W. H. (William Henry)
It is worth while to cross over here to the other side of the gallery and see the great bustard, with his wonderful curving white feathers.
From The Children's Book of London by Mitton, G. E. (Geraldine Edith)
From there one can hunt the great bustard, and I had hoped to do so until I saw the animals that were to take us to the coast.
From Morocco by Forrest, A. S. (Archibald Stevenson)
Bitterns used to boom and breed in the bog, and once, though only once, a great bustard was shot.
From The Confessions of a Poacher by Anonymous
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