. Man and beast in eastern Ethiopia : From observations made in British East Africa, Uganda, and the Sudan . Natural history; Indigenous peoples; Ethnology. 378 EASTERN ETHIOPIA occasion Neumann saw a rose-coloured bee-eater try to use a stork as a steed, but it would not submit to be ridden. It is a common lielief that the birds of the Ethiopian Resjion are deficient in song. O o Livino'stone did not. A^^'M' The Crested Bustard (Eupodolis l-ori) with the Bee-eater (Meropi nubicus) v\Amg it like a jockey. The two median elongated rectrices are conspicuous in the flying bird. {From A. H. Neuman
. Man and beast in eastern Ethiopia : From observations made in British East Africa, Uganda, and the Sudan . Natural history; Indigenous peoples; Ethnology. 378 EASTERN ETHIOPIA occasion Neumann saw a rose-coloured bee-eater try to use a stork as a steed, but it would not submit to be ridden. It is a common lielief that the birds of the Ethiopian Resjion are deficient in song. O o Livino'stone did not. A^^'M' The Crested Bustard (Eupodolis l-ori) with the Bee-eater (Meropi nubicus) v\Amg it like a jockey. The two median elongated rectrices are conspicuous in the flying bird. {From A. H. Neumann's Elephant Hunting.) share this opinion, for he wrote : " African birds have not been wanting in song, they have only lacked poets to sing their praises, which ours have had from the time of Aristophanes downwards. Ours have had a classic and a modern interest to enhance their ; Many English birds delight us by their habits and associations ; a few charm lis with song, but many make noises which can scarcely be called music, for example, crows, rooks, cranes and jays. The songs, noises and tricks of birds have been celebrated in. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Bland-Sutton, John, Sir, 1855-1936. London : Macmillan and Co. , Limited
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