THE STORK TRIBE 



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frequently soar at immense .heights in the air, from which they descend to join the 

 vultures at their feasts. Writing of the arrival of one of these birds at such a car- 

 nival, Sir S Baker observes that ''a pair of long, ungainly legs, hanging down be- 







AFRICAN ADJUTANT. 



(One-eighth natural size.) 



neath the enormous wings, now touch the ground, and abu seen has arrived, and 

 he stalks proudly toward the crowds, pecking his way with his long bill through the 

 struggling vultures, and swallowing the lion's share of the repast." In the Nidong 



