Field Notes from Mashonaland. 
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One of the commonest sis^lits at this time of year (January) 
are the flocks of Storks, mostly white ones, but occasionally one 
sees a pair of Blacks, or a Marabou. They do a great deal of 
good, preying- on locusts, and are never, by any chance, shot 
at by the farmers, but the Kaffirs are not above eatins^- them; 
they are, however, very wary birds, and, 1 inia.g-ine, the natives 
would oidv secure an odd bird now and a.gain. Locusts and 
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grasshoppers do not appear to be fattening foods, as three White 
Storks, caught at different times, were very light indeed and 
in each case their breast-bones were like razor-blades. 
