EASTERN ETHIOPIA 
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a peculiar arrangement of the windpipe ; this tube 
is coiled up like a rope and lodged in a hollow 
space in the breastbone or sternum. This converts 
the windpipe into a powerful trumpet. Crowned cranes 
differ from other members of the crane family by 
The Kavirondos have great respect for Crowned Cranes and 
tolerate them in the villages merely for their beauty. These 
birds are as tame as fowls in a barn-yard. 
possessing a straight windpipe. Everyone who has 
watched the antics of this bird has probably noticed 
that it puffs the upper part of the neck when dancing. 
This swelling of the neck is due to inflation of the 
distensilde pharynx with air. 
The Kavirondos have great respect for crowned 
