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hanging water ; the eggs number three and vary from a 

 creamy tint to greenish-buff and creamy- brown, marked 

 with liver-brown blotches and streaks. One nest discovered 

 in the Albany Divn. was situated in a tree quite 40 feet 

 from the bottom of the kloof. During the winter the 

 Hadadah Ibis congregates into flocks. F. Thomsen of the 



Fig. 134.— Wood Ibis. 



Transvaal Agriculture Department reports having seen them 

 in large flocks — as many as several hundreds together — 

 devouring voetgangers (immature locusts). They feed on 

 other insects as well, and are thus of considerable economic 

 value to the agriculturist and should certainly be protected, 

 although considered excellent eating by many people. 



