Jabiru 



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whole leg, with the feet spread out in front in what appears a very awkward 

 position. They build a large nest on rocky cliffs or occasionally in trees and 

 lay from two to four oval, chalky white eggs. Three species are known, 

 the African Adjutant (L, crumeniferus), found throughout tropical Africa, the 

 Indian Adjutant (L. dubius) of the Indian peninsula and Indo-Chinese 

 countries, and L. javanicus, widely distributed in the Orient. 



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FIG. 52. Jabiru, Mycteria americana. 



Jabirus. Allied to the Adjutants is the Jabiru (Mycteria americana) of 

 continental tropical America, but also coming as far north as Texas. It is the 

 largest of the American Storks, standing nearly five feet high, and has the entire 

 plumage pure white, with the head and six inches of the neck covered with naked 



