. Sketches of South African bird-life. Birds. HOENBILLS 179 bananas, we have not included them under the heading of friends of the farmer, although the good they do very probably outweighs the Kg. -Crowned Hornbill at nest hole. The nidification of this bird is already a time-worn theme, but we cannot refrain from giving the somewhat sad history of the picture illustrating the species in this work. Early one morning, when we were ready to take a photo- graph at a nest hole which had been discovered, containing young, we could not see the parent birds about, which was strange, as we knew
. Sketches of South African bird-life. Birds. HOENBILLS 179 bananas, we have not included them under the heading of friends of the farmer, although the good they do very probably outweighs the Kg. -Crowned Hornbill at nest hole. The nidification of this bird is already a time-worn theme, but we cannot refrain from giving the somewhat sad history of the picture illustrating the species in this work. Early one morning, when we were ready to take a photo- graph at a nest hole which had been discovered, containing young, we could not see the parent birds about, which was strange, as we knew for certain that they had young 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 Haagner, Alwin Karl, 1880-; Ivy, Robert Henry. Cape Town, T. M. Miller
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