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Hindostan to the Malay Peninsnla, and is of great service as a 

 scavenger. It is a faithful attendant on slaughter-houses and 

 the funereal burying-grounds of the natives, and has been 



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The Adjutant {Leptoptilus dubius). 



observed standing and feeding on a corpse floating down the 

 Ganges. It breeds in cliffs. An allied species is found in 

 Africa. These animals being known as Marabou Storks, natu- 

 rally bring to our mind the thought of the true Stork (Cieonia 



