A living ‘‘scarecrow’’ watching over a field of ripening grain (sorghum) to scare away the weaver 
birds. He shouts and throws pebbles or shoots little reeds from his bow, while women and children 
walk about among the grain to help protect the harvest 
Coly, also called “‘mouse bird”’ from its habit of creeping about among the branches. The tail- 
feathers are molted so gradually, and are. so often broken that an individual with a complete tail is. 
rare. The foot is peculiar in that all four toes can be turned forward at once 
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