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The birds were lank black clivers (Plotus), exceedingly wild; the African roller (Coracias); halcyons of several species, especially a white and black kingfisher, nimble and comely; many swallows, horn-bills, and wild pigeons which made the bush resound; ardeine birds, especially a heron, like the large Indian

Two Trips to Gorilla Land and the Cataracts of the Congo 2003

On the left (north) was a plain showing traces of a large village, and we sighted our first grass-island — a compact mass of fibrous, earth-washed roots and reedy vegetation, inhabited by serpents and ardeine birds.

Two Trips to Gorilla Land and the Cataracts of the Congo 2003

On the left (north) was a plain showing traces of a large village, and we sighted our first grass-island -- a compact mass of fibrous, earth-washed roots and reedy vegetation, inhabited by serpents and ardeine birds.

Two Trips to Gorilla Land and the Cataracts of the Congo Volume 2 Richard Francis Burton 1855

African roller (Coracias); halcyons of several species, especially a white and black kingfisher, nimble and comely; many swallows, horn-bills, and wild pigeons which made the bush resound; ardeine birds, especially a heron, like the large Indian

Two Trips to Gorilla Land and the Cataracts of the Congo Volume 2 Richard Francis Burton 1855