The Secretary Bird. 211 



old buildings and church towers, and the female lays 

 four or five eggs, which are reddish white, with brown 

 spots. 



THE SECRETARY BIRD. (Serpentarius reptilivorus.) 



THIS singular bird, which is a native of Southern Africa, 

 differs from all the other predaceous birds in the great 

 length of its legs, which are so long that some naturalists 

 have placed it among the Wading Birds. It stands be- 



