THE JABIRU. 



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their ugliness, a good many Marabouts are reared in a domestic 

 state in order that these lovely feathers, on which our European 

 fair ones place so much value, may be plucked from them at the 

 proper seasons. 



There are several other species which are allied to the Storks, 



Fig. 139. The American Jabiru (Myctcria nmericana^ Linn.). 



and are only distinguished from them by a slightly different form 

 of the bill. We will confine ourselves to merely naming them 

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

 The Jabiru (Fig. 139), which is a native of South America; 

 the Ombrette, which is found in Senegal ; the Bec-ouvert, which 

 inhabits India and Africa (Senegal and Caffraria) ; the Drome, 



