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The Stork-like Birds 



The nest of the Hammerkop is described as one of the most remarkable 

 structures made by any African bird, being a huge, flattened, dome-shaped affair, 



FIG. ^9. Hammer-head, or Umbrette, Scopus umbretta. 



often six feet or more in diameter and containing at least a large cart-load of 

 sticks. It is built on a rocky ledge or perhaps more frequently in some large 

 tree, each nest being the work of a single pair, and made use of for many years, 

 being repaired or added to as required. The nest, which is very strongly built, 



