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Identifier: animalsinactions00broo (find matches)
Title: Animals in action; studies and stories of beasts, birds and reptiles; their habits, their homes and their peculiarities
Year: 1901 (1900s)
Authors: Brooks, Elbridge S. (Elbridge Streeter), 1846-1902
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Publisher: Boston, Lothrop pub. co
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
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Kite fighting with a Saker for the Possession of Nest. MONITOR AND EGYPTIAN GOOSE. 337 the two robbers are to meet once more. After the hunt thesaker seeks his nest, and finds the kite busy upholstering it forhis own use. The sakers anger is aroused, and he flings him-self upon the intruder. But the kite, although a coward, refusesto give up the place. With powerful blows of their beaks theytry to wound and stun each other. How will the battle end ?This time the right triumphs, for the saker is stronger and moreagile than the kite. Monitor and Egyptian Goose. THE monitor is very much hke our native hzard, but ismore aggressive and courageous. The German name ofthis animal arises from an error. The creature is calledvaran in Egypt, and hence the scientific term monitor, or thevaran of the Nile. The ancient Egyptians thought the varandevoured crocodiles eggs and swallowed the young. This ac-tually occurs sometimes. The monitor is over five feet long,yellowish green with black spots, yel

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