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1. Black Crake {Limnocorax niger). 



2. Lesser Moor Hen {Gallinula angulatd). 



The crakes and moor hens frequent vleis, marshes, ponds, and rivers, 

 and feed on insects, worms, and small Crustacea; also on the water 

 snails which are intermediary hosts of the Bilharzia parasite and liver 

 fluke. 



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