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NATURAL HISTORY OF BIRDS. 



j)aiiyiiig cut ; but tliu bill is yellow, ami the naked face ami the feet are red. The 

 ])luiaage is wJiite, tinged with rosy on the wing coverts. It is common throughout 

 the Ethiojii.'iii region, but is scarce in Egy])t. 



The American wooil-ibis ( TaiUithis loculator) is especially at home in South 

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

 Florida. 



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F:o. 80. — Lrptoplilot entmeni/er, marabou, adjutant. 



The genus Zeptoptilos, as typified by the African raaral)ou-stork (i. crumeni/er), 

 wliitc, with a greenish slate-colored niantle, offers some interesting features. Ana- 

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

 unique among the .storks. A striking feature is tlie long ])endaiit pouch underneath 

 the flesh-colored and l)lack-spotted naked neck, which gives the birds a peculiar, 

 unattractive, not to say ugly, a]>pearance, as well jiicturcd in our cut. The exact use 

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



