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African game trails (1909)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919, Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919. African game trails, Goodyear, David C., former owner. DSI, Russell E. Train Africana Collection (Smithsonian Libraries) DSI · [New York : Charles Scribner's Sons] · leaf 47

An illustration from African game trails, 1909, leaf 47
culiar interest. They were not shy, al¬ though if we approached too near them in their favorite haunts, the grass¬ land adjoining the papy¬ rus beds, they would fly off and perch on the tops of the papyrus stems. The long tail hampers the bird in its flight, and it is often held at rather an angle… … rings. Each Whydah birds’ dancing-ring was about two Froi7i a photograph by Kermit Roosevelt

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919 · Hunting · Dummies (Bookselling)

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