INTRODUCTION. 4I 
Hindostan to the Malay Peninsula, and is of great service as a 
scavenger. It is a faithful attendant on slaughter-houses and 
the funereal burying-grounds of the natives, and has been 




The Adjutant (Leptoptilus dubius). 
observed standing and feeding on a corpse floating down the 
Ganges. It breeds in cliffs. An allied species is found in 
Africa. These animals being known as Marabou Storks, natu- 
rally bring to our mind the thought of the true Stork (Ciconia 
