1. Hamnierkop, or Faddevcinger (Scopus uml?rci/a), hiiunta the marshes, 



ponds, and margins of rivers, and preys on aquatic Hfe, including 

 snails and frogs. When these are scarce it searches the veld for 

 grasshoppers and locusts. 



2. The Darter, or Snake Bird {Plotus rufus), of the South African rivers, 



lives on fish, which it transfixes with its sharp, long bill. 



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