332 REPTILES AND BIRDS. 
What, it will be asked, is there so characteristic about it? Nothing 
else but its bill, which certainly is the most singular implement one 
can well imagine. Fancy two long and wide spoons, with their 
Fig. 130.—The Jabiru. 
hollow sides placed one against the other, the end of the upper spoon 
being furnished with two sharp teeth, and we have some idea of this 
extraordinary storehouse, as it may be called, for the proprietor can 
easily stuff into it provisions for a whole day. If we add to this that 
the Boatbill) possesses a beautiful black crest which hangs down be- 
