The Secretarij Bird. 
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old buildings and church towers, and the female lays 
four or five eggs, which are reddish white, with brown 
spots. 
THE SECRETARY BIRD. (Serpentarius reptiliwrus.) 
This singular bird, which is a native of Southern Africa, 
differs from all the other predaceous birds in the great 
length of its legs, which are so long that some naturalists 
have placed it among the Wading Birds. It stands be- 
