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The Af-ri-can Sea Eagle 
T HE American eagle is a sea eagle, 
but this kind is found around the 
shores of Af-ri-ca. How strange he 
looks with his white head and neck coming 
out of a black body! The top of the back 
and the tail are pure white, too. The 
wings and back are black, and the lower 
part of the body and legs reddish brown. 
He lives near the mouths of rivers and 
shores of lakes, building a large nest in a high tree. He feeds on crabs, 
fishes, and reptiles, and will sometimes seize a young lamb or small animal. 
The Flying Fish 
T HIS fish, which is long and slender, 
has two fins like wings. Probably 
now, when he is in full flight, he is 
as much as three feet above the surface of 
the water. The flight will be, in length, 
from a few feet or rods to an eighth of a 
mile. He lives in the open sea, in the warm 
parts of the oceans of the world. The 
wings do not help to propel him, but just to 
keep him up, like a parachute would, so his flight is really a leap. The 
tail is his motor, and when he is in the water, that is in constant motion. 
In the air he looks like a huge dragonfly. 
The Bat-el-eur Eagle 
O VER the mountains and plains of all Africa 
south of the Sahara Desert soars this ter¬ 
rible-looking bird. His head is large and 
much crested, and his tail is short, so he does look 
rather dumpy, for all he stands two feet high. His 
wings are long and pointed, and he swoops down 
upon his prey like a flash of lightning. He lives 
on snakes, lizards, birds, and small animals. His 
color is amazing. His head, neck, and under parts 
are glossy black; his hind neck, back and tail a 
rich dull red. His wings are mixed black and gray 
and white, while his feet are coral-red. His bill is 
black and very strong, and strangely curved. 
