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Leptotilus javanicus (Hors.), Smaller 

 Adjutant. 



Ibis leucocephalus (Penn.) Painted 

 Stork. 



Family, Thresklornitbidae, The Ibises. 



Ibises, in general, maybe distinguish- 

 ed from Storks by their smaller size, and 

 in the case of the one species found in 

 the Yangtse Valley, by the large crest 

 and the deeply curved bill. The bill ig 

 rather slender, cylindrical and evenly 

 bent downward. It is soft except at 

 the tip, and the nostrils are silts placed 

 in a deep narrow groove, which extends 

 quite to the tip. The legs are thick, 

 strong and of moderate length. The 

 toes are long, the front ones connected 

 by a web, and the claws are long and 

 slender. The wings are rather long and 

 pointed, and the tail of 12 feathers is 

 short and square. 



Nippon ia nippon (Temm.), Japanese 

 Crested Ibis is a summer visitant in 

 the Yangtse Valley. 



Family, Plateleidae, Tbe Spoonbills. 



Spoonbills are readily distinguished 

 by their characteristic bill from which 

 they receive their common name. The 

 bill is long and nearly straight, flattened 

 and narrow in the middle, but expanded 

 into a broad spoon-shaped tip. The 

 head is partially or entirely bare, and 

 the nostrils are longitudinal grooves. 

 The wings are large reaching about to 

 the end of the tail, which is short, even, 

 and composed of 12 broad rounded 

 feathers. Of the seven known species 

 of Spoonbills, only two are found in 

 China, they pass the Yangtse on 

 migration. 



