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The Stork-like Birds 



FIG. 48. Shoe-bill, Balceniceps rex. 



intestines of dead animals, the carcasses of which they easily rip open with the strong 

 hook of the upper bill. The breeding time of the Balaeniceps is in the rainy 

 season during the months of July and August, and the spot chosen is in the reeds 

 or high grass immediately on the water's edge, or on some small elevated and 



