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to soar for hours. This capability has baffled physicists interested 

 in the problems of aviation. 



The secretary birds are the strangest of the birds of prey. They 



Fig. 193. A, red-tailed hawk, 5, osprey or fish hawk. C, turkey buzzard. 

 D, great gray owl. (From L. A. Fuertes. Courtesy of Slingerland-Comstock Publish- 

 ing Co.) 



are long-legged, standing about four feet high and with great speed- 

 ing ability. They are fond of snakes, but will eat lizards, frogs, 



