THE VULTURE AND THE CROCODILES EGGS. 



But all the while she was burying them in the sand, according to her usual 

 habit, the vultures were watching her, By-and-by she finished her task, 

 scraped the sand over the place, and went away for a little diversion, perhaps 

 to wallow in the mud by the river-side. 



THE TAWNY GOOSE VULTUKE. 



The moment she was out of sight, the vultures, for there were several of 

 them, began to bestir themselves. They uttered loud cries, and pouncing 

 down on the nest, began to scrape away the sand, and devour the eggs. 

 The same vulture contrives to get a taste of the eggs of the ostrich. The 

 natives declare that when the parent birds are away from the nest, a stone is 

 seen to fall into it as if from the sky. But, in reality, the vulture has dropped 



