40 ELEMENTS OF ORNITHOLOGY. 
three of them are feeding in a pond together, they will sometimes 
skip round one another, opening and shutting their wings and 
playing strange pranks. 
Another tropical Bird, which has a very high-shou!dered and 



The Hammer-head (Scopus wmbretta). 
ungainly aspect, has a remarkably long and capacious, though 
conical bill, very long legs, and a naked neck with a pouch. 
This is the Adjutant or Marabou (Leptoptilus dubius), and it 
bears beneath its tail those small delicate plumes, which ladies 
use, known as ‘‘ Marabou feathers.” It ranges from Northern 
