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BLBMENTS OP OBMTHOLOGT. 



tbreeof them ai?e feeding in a pond together, they will sometimes 

 skip round one another, opening and shutting their wings and 

 plfl'jing strange .pranks. 



Another -troipical Bird, which has a very high-shouldered and 



Kg. 39. 



The Hammer-head (iSco^ms umbretta). 



ungainly aspect, has a remarkably long and capacious, though 

 conical bill, very long legs, and a naked neck with a pouch. 

 This is the Adjutant or Marabou {L&ptopUlug duhius), and it 

 bears beneath its tail those small delicate plumes, which ladies 

 use, known as " Marabou feathers." It ranges from Northern 



