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62 BIRD GALLERY. 
the Hammer-head, and may thus always be distinguished on the wing 
from Herons. Many of the species are migratory, the common White 
Stork being a summer-visitor to Europe, where it is carefully protected 
and encouraged to build its nests on the houses and in the gardens. 
A very large and striking species is the Saddle-billed Stork (Kphippto- 
rhynchus senegalensis) (659), which inhabits Tropical Africa; and no 
Jess handsome in their way are the Black-necked Jabiru (Xenorhyn- 
chus) (660) and its American ally (Mycteria) (661). The Open-billed 
or Shell-Storks (Anastomus) (664, 665) are remarkable for their nut- 
eracker-like bill, so well adapted for breaking open molluses, which 
form their principal food. The peculiar gap im the bill is not seen in 
the young, but seems to develop as the birds get older. 
Passing over the White-necked Stork (Disswra microscelis) (663), with 
its curiously deeply-forked tail, and the White-bellied Stork (Adbdimia 
abdimii) (662), which looks like a miniature Black Stork, we come last 
to the Wood-Ibises, a somewhat isolated group, of which an example 
will be found in the beautiful African species (Pseudotantalus ibis) 
(666), with its striking white, black, and dull crimson plumage. 
Family V. Inipipa. Isiszs. 
The Ibises are numerously represented, and all may be readily dis- 
tinguished from their near allies the Spoonbills and from the Storks 
by the long, curved, “Curlew-like ” bill, with the nasal groove extending 
nearly to the extremity. The White and Scarlet Ibises, belonging to 
the genus Hudocimus (667, 668), are striking American species, espe- 
cially the latter. The Glossy Ibis (Plegadis falcinellus) (669) is of 
special interest, having visited Great Britain on many occasions ; and 
other striking forms will be found in the Giant Ibis (Thaumatibis) 
(670) from Cochin China, the crested Madagascar genus (Lophotibis) 
(671), the African Hadadah Ibis (Hagedashia) (675), the Wattled Ibis 
(Bostrychia) (674), and the curious straw-necked Australian form (Car- 
phibis) (671). The most interesting of all is, however, the Sacred Ibis 
(Ibis ethiopica) (618), which was regarded with great veneration by 
the ancient Egyptians, as is shown by'the many mummies of these birds 
found in the temples. 
Family VI. Puarateipa. SPoonsi.ys. 
The Spoonbills, represented by three genera and several species, are 
at once distinguished from all the other long-legged Storks and Herons 
by their remarkably shaped flattened bill. One of the handsomest is 
ihe Roseate Spoonbill of America (Ajaja) (679), and another striking 
bird is the allied Australian form (Platibis) (680) ; but the most familiar 
is the common species (Platalea leucerodia) (682), which once bred 
