398 Animal Lite 
Onn of the largest of the Ov- 
coniide (storks) 
is the Mycteria 
americana, oY 
Jabiru. This bird is chiefly 
conspicuous for the massive 
size of the bill, which is very 
shehtly retrowssé and of a 
deep black; it reaches down 
the bare neck to within a 
few inches of where the 
plumage commences, these 
few inches being of a pinkish 
colour. The black of the 
bill, head and neck forms 
a great contrast to the 
plumage of the bird, which 
should be entirely white, as 
in the upstanding male; the S 
female, however, shows some ee ANTARCTIC SKUA, 
dark buff feathers in the 
The Jabiru 
of Brazil. 
wings. The photograph of the bird 
in the act of eating shows the 
utility of the tremendous bill to 
these long-legged birds, four of 
which were presented to the Society 
from Parad in August last by Dr. EH. 
A, Goeldi, C.M.Z.S, 
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THE Eagles illustrated on the 
opposite page are all 
inhabitants of Africa. 
They are also all of a 
smaller build than other eagles, 
being, for example, only about one- 
third the size of the golden eagle. 
wer 
Three African 
Eagles. 
THE other illustration on page 399 
is of the Cattle Egret. 
This bird is one of 
the large collection of 
Indian Birds presented by Mr. W. 
H. Harper, of Calcutta, and has not 
before been exhibited in our Gardens. 
Eeret, or, as the French call it, 
Aigrette, is the common name for, 
various species of herons which haye 
the feathers on the lower part of 
the back growing in long filiformed 
tufts. The bird is naturally 
The 
Cattle Egret. 
