. Travels to discover the source of the Nile, in the years 1768, 1769, 1770, 1771, 1772, and 1773 : in five volumes . eed upon carrion. Vol. V. A a - Thi i;2 APPENDIX. The Erkoom builds in large, thick trees, always, if hecan, near churches; has a covered-neft like that of a mag-pie, but four times as large as the It places its neltfirm upon the trunk, without endeavouring to make ithigh from the ground; the entry is always on the eafl would feem. that the Indian crow of Bontius is of thiskind: it is difficult, however, of belief, that his naturalfood is nutmegs ; for there fe
. Travels to discover the source of the Nile, in the years 1768, 1769, 1770, 1771, 1772, and 1773 : in five volumes . eed upon carrion. Vol. V. A a - Thi i;2 APPENDIX. The Erkoom builds in large, thick trees, always, if hecan, near churches; has a covered-neft like that of a mag-pie, but four times as large as the It places its neltfirm upon the trunk, without endeavouring to make ithigh from the ground; the entry is always on the eafl would feem. that the Indian crow of Bontius is of thiskind: it is difficult, however, of belief, that his naturalfood is nutmegs ; for there feems nothing in his {truetureor inclination, which is walking on the ground, that is ne-cefTary or convenient for taking fuch food. a*EK3*s A B O U HANNE& THE ancient and true name of this bird feems to be prefent one is fancifully given from obfervation ofa circumitance of its ceconomy; tranflated, it fignifies, Fa-ther John, and the reafon is, that it appears on St Johns day,the precife time when firft the freih water of the tropicalrains is known in Egypt to have mixed with the Nile, and to % have.
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