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THE KILIMA NJARO EXPEDITION 
only on insects, as there are no fish in these streams. 
Fishing has been quite an afterthought with the king¬ 
fishers, and is a pastime by no means shared by all the 
members of the group. Many Australian species, the 
halcyon of the Cape Verde Islands, and this common 
East African halcyon found on Kilima-njaro never 
attempt to catch fish, even though they be near 
streams well stocked with piscine prey, but content 
Fig. 38.—A ravine in Mosi. 
themselves with the variety of insects that haunt the 
waterside. I shoot this kingfisher just to identify 
him, and afterwards, when his little stomach is opened, 
the carapaces of beetles and remains of grasshoppers 
are found within. 
Now the stream I am ascending becomes two 
streamlets, and the valley bifurcates into two ravines, 
while the broad slope of a hill faces me, so I leave the 
