Liberia <♦' 



scapulatus. This is almost the only scavenger of forested 

 Liberia, from which country vultures and marabou storks 



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seem so curiously absent. The black and white crow is chiefly 

 seen along the coast region. 



The bird fauna of Liberia does not offer such striking 

 local peculiarities as is the case with the mammalian. So far 

 as is yet known, only six species are peculiar to this' country, 



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