. Sketches of South African bird-life. Birds. 8 SCAVENaEES OF THE VELD Some of the old Boers looked upon this species as a bird of ill-omen. It derived its specific name of ossifragus from a popular behef amongst the ancients to the effect that the bird carried into the air bones too large to swallow, and let them fall on a rock for the purpose of breaking Pig. 3.—The Marabou Stork. (Photo. Dr. Gough.) THE MARABOU STORK One other bird remains to be mentioned, the solemn and grotesque-looking Marabou {Leptoptilus crumeniferus), which,. Please note that these images are extracted from sca
. Sketches of South African bird-life. Birds. 8 SCAVENaEES OF THE VELD Some of the old Boers looked upon this species as a bird of ill-omen. It derived its specific name of ossifragus from a popular behef amongst the ancients to the effect that the bird carried into the air bones too large to swallow, and let them fall on a rock for the purpose of breaking Pig. 3.—The Marabou Stork. (Photo. Dr. Gough.) THE MARABOU STORK One other bird remains to be mentioned, the solemn and grotesque-looking Marabou {Leptoptilus crumeniferus), which,. 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 Haagner, Alwin Karl, 1880-; Ivy, Robert Henry. Cape Town, T. M. Miller
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