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.uid the white-necked crow is seen occasionallw Crocodiles of 

 no great size He on the miid-banks, and a few colobus and 

 mancrahev monkeys swish through the tancrle of mangrove roots 



267. BLACK AND WHITE FISHING VULTURE (GYPOHIERAX) 



and branches. But all along the coast it is the same story : 

 a marked absence of wild life from native towns, gardens, 

 plantations, uncultivated bush, and dense forest. One reason 

 for this scarcity of life is the perpetual hunger that seems to 



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