THE NATURAL HISTORY OF 

 SOUTH AFRICA 



A LIST OF SOUTH AFRICAN BIRDS 

 AND THEIR DIET 



ORDER I.— PASSERES. 

 White-necked Raven or Ringhals. 



{Corvultur alhicoU'ts.) 



Diet. — Carrion, snails, eggs, snakes, lizards, frogs, small 

 tortoises, locusts, grasshoppers, beetles, termites, caterpillars, 

 ticks from bodies of living cattle. The cattle often purposely 

 lie down for the birds to relieve them of these parasites. 



Pied Crow, or Bonte Kraai. 



[Corvus scapidatus.) 

 Diet. — Same as that of the white-necked raven. 



Black Crow, or South African Rook. 

 Koren-land Kraai. 



{Corvus cap en sis.) 



Diet. — Wire-worms, cockchafers, grubs, and other under- 

 ground beetle larvae. (For this purpose it frequents freshly 

 ploughed fields.) Gorged female ticks, locusts, grasshoppers, 



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