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JABIRU, according to Maregrave! the Brazilian name of a 
bird, subsequently called by Linneus Mycteria americana, one of 
the largest of the Ciconiide (Stork), which occurs from Mexico 
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JaBiru, Mycteria americana. 
southwards to the territory of the Argentine Republic. It stands 
between 4 and 5 feet in height, and is conspicuous for its massive 
bill, slightly upturned, and its entirely white plumage; but the 
head and neck are bare and black, except for about the lower third 
1 An apparently accidental transposal of two of the figures given by this 
author (Hist. Nat. Brasilixw, pp. 200, 201) misled several of his successors from 
Piso to Brisson, until noticed by Buffon (Hist. Nat. Ois. vii. pp. 280-286). 
