GAME-BIRDS OF SOUTH AFRICA 



They feed chiefly on insects, such as beetles, locusts 

 and white ants (termites). 



I have not found them as wild as Blue Knorhaan, except 

 when feeding on burnt •' lands " or very short grass, and 

 then all Knorhaan are wUd. Butler states that he found 

 these birds wild and difficult to approach, and that when 

 flushed they uttered a note like " Kuk-pa-wow," repeating 

 the cry several times as they flew away. 



Ayres states that this species lays two eggs, hidden in 

 the grass in open country, and that they vary considerably 

 in colour and markings. 



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