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Kites feed also on these locusts, and may be seen accom- 

 panying a locust swarm. I have watched them catching a 

 locust in the air, holding it in their claws, and without stopping 

 in their flight, feed by taking a bite at it now and again. 

 These birds become at times very impudent. Twice has a 

 kite swooped down on me and flown off with my cap. I 

 recovered the cap by watching where the disillusioned bird 

 dropped it. I have seen them snatch meat out of the hand 

 of a native returning from market ; and once a kite flew 



A MAKRAKA FAMILY. 



off with several bird-skins which I had put out to dry. I 

 wonder what the carnivorous bird thought of it, when he found 

 that the birds he had stolen contained cotton-wool instead of 

 flesh and bone. 



Near the Makraka village I saw a native dog catching locusts 

 and eating them. The dog just gave a snap right and left as the 

 swarm flew up ; occasionally he caught one, but more often he 

 missed and had to try again. 



Baboons came in foraging-parties to raid and plunder the 

 fields of the Makraka. I tried to shoot some of these robbers ; 



