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National Geographic : 1960 Sep
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KODACHROMESBY R. M. BLOOMFIELD (ABOVE) AND BYRON CRADER ) NATIONALGEOGRAPHIC SOCIETY Brown-hooded kingfisher contemplates a scaly meal. After battering the hapless lizard against a branch, the bird will swallow it head first. Halcyon albiventris ambushes victims from a lookout perch in dry bush country; its menu includes insects, small reptiles, and land-ranging crabs. Crowned cranes acourting kiss on the doorstep of a Kenya farmhouse. Often tamed, the ornate birds protect country gardens against locusts and other insect pests. Wild cranes frequent marshes and riverbanks across most of Africa south of the Sahara. 408
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