THE STORK TRIBE 



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the wing coverts, the shoulders, and the tail are black, with a metallic lustre, while 

 the rest of the plumage, inclusive of the quills, is dazzling white. In the latter 

 species the iris is yellow, and the beak red at the base, then black for a short dis- 

 tance, and blood red in its anterior half, while the fleshy saddle on the upper part 

 of its base is variously colored. The legs are mostly grayish brown, but the toes 

 are carmine red. In length the male measures upward of fifty-nine inches. The 





WHITE-BElrUED STORK. 



(One-fourth natural size.) 



saddle-billed jabiru is described as being one of the handsomest of all the storks 

 when in its native wilds, being especially beautiful during flight, when the white 

 quills of the wings stand out in marked contrast to their black coverts. It is found on 

 both the White and Blue Nile to the southward of the i4th parallel of north latitude, 

 and thence through the Sudan, but it also occurs on both the east and west coasts. 

 Living in pairs, it frequents sand banks on the rivers, as well as the margins of lakes 



