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EASTERN ETHIOPIA 
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ill the grass, the head is thrown back, the beak is 
horizontal, and the feet hang down. The tail is drawn 
lip until it touches the ruff at the back of the head, the 
The feathery dancer in its grass amphitheatre or playing ground. 
tips of the feathers falling in a curve downwards, with 
the exception of two tail feathers which are held out¬ 
wards and downwards. The wings, half opened, are 
worked with a very quick, shivering motion, and the 
