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The Doctor adds that it is equally fond of putrid car- 

 casses as the vulture, for groups of both birds collect 

 together over a dead body, never leaving it until the bones 

 are completely picked. In Calcutta, where the kites and 

 crows are great scavengers, consuming all the remains of 

 animal food which the prejudices of the natives will not 

 allow them to touch, they are assisted in their operations by 

 the adjutant in the day-time, and at night by the foxes, 

 jackals, and hysenas. 



Our figure is from General Hardwick's drawings, and the 

 specific characters by Cuvier will be found at page 350. 



The American Stork {A. Maguari) was originally de- 

 scribed by Marcgrave, and afterwards by Azara, under the 

 name of Baguari^ which it bears in Paraguay, where it is 

 also known under those of Emhaguari and Tuyuyu-gua%o. 

 This bird is not very wild, and the individuals of the species 

 are usually met with in pairs in Paraguay, and to the south 

 of the river Plata, where they sometimes assemble in flocks. 

 They fly to a great height in the air, and seldom perch on 

 trees. They nestle towards the end of the year, and the 

 young ones are of a blackish-brown above, and white under 

 the belly. When these birds are bom in houses, they become 

 so tame that after having traversed the fields and marshes 

 they constantly return at the precise hour at which they are 

 accustomed to receive their food. 



The Jabirus (Mycteria) are not considered by Illiger 

 and Temminck, as forming a distinct genus from the storks ; 

 and the second of these writers imputes to erroneous figures 

 the particular character of the jabiru, namely, the curvature 

 of the bill upwards, which, according to him, is as straight 

 as that of any stork. But Marcgrave, the first naturalist 

 who has mentioned this bird, describes this generic character 

 in very express terms : for of the Jabiru Brasiliensis he 

 says, " rostrum directe extensum, et superius versus ewtrC" 



