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NATURAL HISTORY OF BIRDS. 



panying cut ; but the bill is yellow, and the naked face and the feet are red. The 

 plumage is white, tinged with rosy on the wing coverts. It is common throughout 

 the Ethiopian region, but is scarce in Egypt. 



The American wood-ibis (Tantalus loculator) is especially at home in South 

 America, but its range includes also our southern states. It breeds abundantly in 

 Florida. 





FIG. 80. Leptoptilos crumenifer, marabou, adjutant. 



The genus Leptoptilos, as typified by the African marabou-stork (Z. crumenifer), 

 white, with a greenish slate-colored mantle, offers some interesting features. Ana- 

 tomically, the absence of the femoro-caudal with its accessory slip is noteworthy as 

 unique among the storks. A striking feature is the long pendant pouch underneath 

 the flesh-colored and black-spotted naked neck, which gives the birds a peculiar, 

 unattractive, not to say ugly, appearance, as well pictured in our cut. The exact use 

 of the pouch is not yet ascertained ; so much is sure, however, that it connects with 



