Historic Male Great Bustard from E. Bouverie Collection

A historically interesting male great bustard standing on a…
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A historically interesting male great bustard standing on a grassy mound with tail feathers and moustache plumes erect, bearing a label inscribed, '.from the collection of the Rt. Hon. E. Bouverie. Lavington, Wilts.one of the last surviving bustards killed on Salisbury plain about 1871', in an ebonised case. Height 89 cm

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