THE BOATBILL. 



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pointing out the localities they inhabit. They are as follows : The 

 Jabiru (Mycteria australis, Fig. 130), which is a native of Australia; 

 the Shoe-headed Stork (Balceniceps rex), which is found in Africa ; 

 the Open-bill, which inhabits India and Africa; the Drome, which 



Fig. 129. -Adjutant. 



is met with on the shores of the Black Sea and Senegal ; and, finally, 

 the Tantalus, which lives in the warm regions of both the New and 

 Old World. 



Whoever has once set eyes on the Boatbill (Cancroma cochlearia, 

 Fig. 131) will never forget the bird, or confound it with any other. 



