Asian Bustard
Chlamydotis macqueenii (Gray, JE, 1832) (4, 1)
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STATUS
Central Palearctic. Monotypic.
OVERVIEW
All five individuals were found in east coast counties.
RECORDS
1). 1847 Lincolnshire Kirton-in-Lindsey, adult male, shot, 7th October, now at Yorkshire Museum, York, photo.
(A. Roberts, Zoologist 1848: 1969, 2065; E. Newman, Zoologist 1848: 2146; W. M. E. Milner, Zoologist 1849: 2588-2589; B. R. Morris, Morris and Bree's Naturalist 2: 89; Morris, 1851-57; Yarrell, 1856; Harting, 1872; Cordeaux, 1872; Yarrell, 1871-85; Witherby, 1920-24; Lorand & Atkin, 1989; Denton, 1995; G. J. Jobson & B. J. Small, British Birds 97: 68; BOURC (2004), Ibis 146: 192-195; T. Melling, British Birds 98: 230-237, plate 122).
2). 1892 Cleveland/Yorkshire Windy Hill Farm, near Redcar, Yorkshire, adult male, shot, 5th October, now at Great North Museum: Hancock, Newcastle-upon-Tyne.
(T. H. Nelson, Naturalist 18: 373; R. Howse, Naturalist 18: 373; T. H. Nelson, Field 17th Dec., 1892: 945; R. Howse, Zoologist 1893: 21-22; R. Howse, Transactions of the Natural History Society of Northumberland, Durham and Newcastle-upon-Tyne 1894: 345-350; Howse, 1899; Nelson, 1907; Witherby, 1920-24; Stead, 1964; Mather, 1986; Blick 2009: 205, photo).
3). 1896 Yorkshire Kilnsea, immature male, shot, 17th October.
(H. F. Witherby, Knowledge & Scientific News 19: 251; J. Cordeaux, Naturalist 22: 323-324; J. Cordeaux, Zoologist 1896: 433-434; Eds., Ibis 1897: 142-143; Cordeaux, 1899; Nelson, 1907; Witherby, 1920-24; Mather, 1986).
4). 1898 North-east Scotland St Fergus, Aberdeenshire, immature female, shot, 24th October.
(W. E. Clarke, Proceedings of the Royal Physical Society of Edinburgh 14: 162-163; J. G. Walker, Annals of Scottish Natural History 1899: 51; W. E. Clarke, Annals of Scottish Natural History 1899: 73-74; R. Bowdler Sharpe, Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club 8: 36; Sim, 1903; Witherby, 1920-24; Baxter & Rintoul, 1953; Phillips, 1997).
5). 1962 Suffolk Hinton, 25th November to 29th December, photo.
(D. D. Harber & C. M. Swaine and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 56: 399, plate 61; H. E. Axell, British Birds 57: 247-249; Birding World 4 (9): 317, photo; BOURC (2002), Ibis 144: 708; M. J. Rogers and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 96: 565; BOURC (2003), Ibis 145: 175-180; G. J. Jobson & B. J. Small, British Birds 97: 68-72, plates 35-39; British Birds 102: plate 261, 271).
