KEEL-BREASTED BIRDS. 255 
A white species is found in Europe and Asia. They nest 
in communities in trees, depositing from two to four thick- 
shelled, whitish eggs with reddish-gray and yellow spots. 
The ibis is an allied form. 
The Storks (Ciconiid@) have long, slender legs, the bill 
extremely stout and thick. The South American jabiru 
(Mycteria America- 
na) is the only repre- 
sentative in Ameri- 
ca. The Australian 
jabiru is one of the 
handsomest of the 
family, and has a 
wide range in that 
country. The white 
stork (Ciconia alba) 
(Fig. 291) is a com- 
mon Europeanform, 
with strong, conical, 
pointed bill. In the 
winter they migrate 
southward. They 
frequent marshes. 
Allied is the 
pouched stork or 
adjutant of India 
(Fig. 292), that has 
2 curious skinny j 
pouch hanging un- Fic, 291.—-The white stork, 
der the throat. 
They attain a height of five feet. A tame one has been 
known to swallow a whole boiled fowl, and to snap up 
a live cat. Allied to this group is the remarkable whale- 
headed stork (Baleniceps rex), in which the beak resembles 
a wooden shoe. They frequent the banks of the White 
Nile. The nest is a simple hole in the ground. The 
