{"collection":"African","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/browse/afr/sbf/sbf28.htm","path":"afr/sbf/sbf28.htm","source_url":"https://sacred-texts.com/afr/sbf/sbf28.htm","text":"Specimens of Bushman Folklore, by W.H.I. Bleek and L.C. Lloyd, [1911]\nThe #nerru's bill is very short. The male #nerru is the one whose plumage resembles (that of) the ostrich; it is black like the male ostrich. The female #nerru is the one whose plumage is white like (that of) the female ostrich. Thus, they resemble the ostriches; because the male #nerru are black, the female #nerru white.\nThey eat the things which little birds usually eat, which they pick up on the ground.\nThey make grass nests on the ground, by the root of a bush.\nWhen not breeding, they are found in large numbers.","title":"Specimens of Bushman Folklore: The #Nerru, As A Bird","type":"page"}