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Перевод: bustard

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Тезаурус:

1. The next day we went to Breckland to look for a bird that some people think of as "a bit of a bustard".
2. However, today we were seeking, not the long-gone bustard, but the nearest Breckland can offer to such a strange bird: the stone curlew.
3. GREAT BUSTARD Otis tarda.
4. The stone curlew was at one time classified in close proximity to the Otididae on the Systematic List of British Birds and declared to be an Otididae-oddity: a close relation of the bustard.
5. But stoat, butterflies, wood lark, redstart, wheat ear, lap wing and stone curlews - to remind us of the days when the great bustard roamed the wild sandy spaces of Break in droves.
6. Unfortunately for a bustard, its flesh tastes good.
7. Like the great bustard, stone curlews are happiest in a semi-desert habitat and Breckland, on the Norfolk/Suffolk border, supplies
8. The last great bustard disappeared from Britain early in the nineteenth century.
9. GREAT BUSTARD - Otis tarda
10. LITTLE BUSTARD - Otis tetrax
11. The next day they crossed a relentless plain of reeds and coarse grass, relieved only by colonies of bustard and the black tents of Kurdish tribesmen.
12. We shall probably never again be able to witness in the Break the spectacular "balloon" display of the great bustard.
13. Some names have already been mentioned but it is possible to think of so many: of Mr Tommy and Mr Bobbie Reynolds and their work in choir and Sunday School, of the dignified and gracious figures of Mr and Mrs T H Watson (parents of the Reverend George Watson), of Mr W A Mullen DL and his son Mr Cecil Mullen, generous and energetic benefactors of the church in so many ways, of Mr R J Magowan OBE JP for over 40 years secretary of the Trustees, of the brothers Mr Herbie and Mr David McClatchey, their service as Trustees and members of the choir, of Mr David Lyttle, Mr Norman Lyttle and Mr Sammy Lyttle, active in all aspects of the church's life but especially concerned with choir and Sunday Schools of Mr Willie Holmes and his daughters Winnie and Amy, of Mr David Lamb and his family, of Mr Twinem Jackson, who, with Mr Magowan, still had time to give years of public service to the community at large in Portadown, of Mr C J McKinley, concerned with the Building Fund over the years and Superintendent of the morning Sunday School from 1943 to the 1960s, of Mrs Sleator with her wholehearted love for the church and for people, of Mr Bertie Montgomery, always cheerful and serene, who, among so many other things, began the practice of taping the services for the benefit of the elderly and housebound, of M Alfred Shortt and his long and generous association with the Sunday School, or Mr Dan Humphries, helping over the years with the church's finances, of members of the Calvert and Hardy families and of those who, belonging to other Societies, nevertheless gave years of service to Edenderry - Mr Sam Robinson, Mr Joseph Cranston, Mr John Curry, Mr James Mullen, Mr W J Green, Mr Isaac Holland, Mr Eric Walker, and Mr William Bustard.