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EASTERN ETHIOPIA 



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ill the grass, the head is thrown back, the beak is 

 horizontal, and the feet hang down. The tail is drawn 

 up until it touches the ruff at the back of the head, the 



The feathery dancer in its grass amphitheatre or playing ground. 



tips of the feathers falling in a curve downwards, with 

 the exception of two tail feathers which are held out- 

 wards and downwards. The wings, half opened, are 

 worked with a very quick, shivering motion, and the 



