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It was described l)y Jolin Gould in 1851 (see P.Z.S. 1851, p. 1, 

 pi. XXXV,) and was excellently figured by Wolf (Zool. Sketches, 

 1864). The name was invented for Gould by the writer of 



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Shoe-bill in the Giza Zoological Gardens. 

 (From a photograph taken by Mrs. Stanley Flower.) 



this note, and, strange to say, it is the only name yet given 

 to this remarkable form. In 1860 Mr. Petherick (British 

 Consul at Khartoum) brought home two living specimens 

 (see P. Z. S. 1860, pp. 184 & 196), which were purchased by 

 the Zoological Society of London and lived some months 

 in the Regent's Park. 



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