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aloft, the stolen property hanging" from one great bushy 

 claw. At the first shot he dropped his prey, and to the 

 second dropped himself a handsome specimen, 6| Ib. 

 weight. 



RIVER-EAGLE." My Teal, I believe 1 " 



A SKETCH OF BIRD-LIFE ON THE WESTERN BEND 

 (On the Arid Prairies eastward of Malakat] 



Sudan ostriches were among the specimens we had 

 been commissioned to bring home for the British 

 Museum ; and local information led us to believe that 

 a troop of those gianfbirds frequented the Hinterland of 

 Malakal. Lowe and I therefore set forth from that spot 

 at dawn on January 28th. Now this was about as silly 



