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Page 48
... ground , arena , or lek . The dancing ground lies outside of all nest- ing territories , and the same dancing ground is used year after year . Each of the males , which may number up to several dozen , has his own area within the chosen ...
... ground , arena , or lek . The dancing ground lies outside of all nest- ing territories , and the same dancing ground is used year after year . Each of the males , which may number up to several dozen , has his own area within the chosen ...
Page 52
... ground and in bushes and trees . Of the ground nesters , button - quails and the plains wanderer nest in a grass - lined hollow , often building a domed roof and side entrance . Cranes raise up a pile of vegetation in open shallow water ...
... ground and in bushes and trees . Of the ground nesters , button - quails and the plains wanderer nest in a grass - lined hollow , often building a domed roof and side entrance . Cranes raise up a pile of vegetation in open shallow water ...
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... ground hornbills associations , seems applicable to certain traits that are common to many species within a family , as contrasted with members of another group . Kingfishers , motmots , and todies are stolid , phlegmatic birds that sit ...
... ground hornbills associations , seems applicable to certain traits that are common to many species within a family , as contrasted with members of another group . Kingfishers , motmots , and todies are stolid , phlegmatic birds that sit ...
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