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time the parents are hunting for their food, the 

 screams increasing in power till a large delicious 

 grub is dropped into the expectant little 

 mouth. 



Many small light brown Colys also nest in the 

 bush, and in the rainy season regularly take 

 their morning bath in the guttering round my 

 cottage, taking not the slightest notice of my 

 close proximity. 



In the woods I see many green pigeons and 

 bronze-wing doves, and listen to their sweet 

 cooing. Sometimes a big bustard starts up ; and 

 once, when 1 was standing very quietly waiting 

 for a butterfly, I turned my head and saw a 

 beautiful little mottled grey owl (/Scops Capensis) 

 sitting on a branch quite close to me, watching 

 me intently, and he did not fly away for some 

 time, allowing me to admire him at my leisure. 

 One very large grey owl was brought me, which 

 was captured just as it was carrying off a young 

 chicken. I gave the Kafir sixpence for it, and 

 when night came let it fly away. I suppose 

 that in strict justice it ought to have been 



