-> Stalking Expeditions in the Xyika 



just above our heads. It is the white-headed sea-eagle 

 (Haliaetus vociftr}. A second eagle, perched not far off 

 upon a leafless tree, is bold enough to let us come quite 

 close up to it before it flies off. 



" Xyama Bwana!" now whispers my ritle-carrier. And 

 he is right ; a reedbuck is to be seen some distance away, 



WHITE-BILLED WEAVER-BIRDS (TE.\TOR ALKIROSTRIS fXTEKA/ItllJVS), AND 

 OTHER WEAVERS BUILD THEIR NESTS IN THE SPREADING BRANCHES 

 OF THESE GREAT "UMBRELLA" ACACIA-TREES 



feeding upon an open grassy plot. As yet the beautiful 

 tawny antelope, as large as a deer, has not seen us ; and 

 for some minutes I am able to observe it, cropping the 

 young grass that sprouts from the ten-pools, and every 

 now and then bethinking itself anxiously of the question 

 of safety. It is a female, so I leave it alone. We 

 proceed, and the antelope, bounding high into the air, 

 disappears in a few leaps. 



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