. Man and beast in eastern Ethiopia : From observations made in British East Africa, Uganda, and the Sudan . Natural history; Indigenous peoples; Ethnology. CRESTS OR TOP-KNOTS 357 gait which resembles a bowman advancing to shoot, but this name has l)een corrupted into Sccretarius. How- ever Secretary Bird is a name wliich suits, and the scientific name Serjjciitariiis reptUivoras describes its habits, for it eats reptiles and snakes, and living in a country where venomous snakes aljouud, it is protected. I am not likely to forget the pleasure with which I. The Tutted Umbre, or Hamnierhead (Sc
. Man and beast in eastern Ethiopia : From observations made in British East Africa, Uganda, and the Sudan . Natural history; Indigenous peoples; Ethnology. CRESTS OR TOP-KNOTS 357 gait which resembles a bowman advancing to shoot, but this name has l)een corrupted into Sccretarius. How- ever Secretary Bird is a name wliich suits, and the scientific name Serjjciitariiis reptUivoras describes its habits, for it eats reptiles and snakes, and living in a country where venomous snakes aljouud, it is protected. I am not likely to forget the pleasure with which I. The Tutted Umbre, or Hamnierhead (Scopus umhretta).^ When this biril erects its crest, it looks very weird, and justifies the natives in suspecting it of witchcraft. watched one of these remarkable birds on the margin of a blackened area left l)y a grass fire looking after things it could devour. When engaged in killiug dangerous prey by stamping on them with its powerful feet, the wings spread, liead lield high and feathery tuft erect, it appears a foi'midabh; bird, for it stands four feet high. This ])ird has a good appetite and likes variety in^fnod. In the stomach of a secretary bird shot near Cape Town. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Bland-Sutton, John, Sir, 1855-1936. London : Macmillan and Co. , Limited
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