16 JABIRU. 



2— INDIAN JABIRU. 



Mycteiia Asiatica, Ind. Orn. ii. 670. 



Indian Jabiru, Gen. Syn. Sup. 231. View of Hindoostan, ii. 156. 



SIZE large. Bill dusky, almost straight above, near the fore- 

 head gibbous, the under mandible swelled beneath ; from the base 

 of the bill, passing through and beyond the eye, a black streak ; 

 general colour of the plumage white; lower half of the back, prime 

 quills, and tail, black; legs pale red. 



Inhabits India : feeds on snails. — Lady Impey. 



3.— NEW-HOLLAND JABIRU. 



Mycteria Australis, Ind. Orn. Sup. p. lxiv. Lin. Trans, v. p. 34. 

 New-Holland Jabiru, Gen. Syn. Sup. ii, 294. pi. 138. Nat. Misc. pi. 601. 



THE length of this species is full six feet. The bill twelve 

 inches long ; neck fifteen inches ; thighs ten ; legs almost the length 

 of the bill, the upper mandible of which is nearly straight, or very 

 little curving upwards, the under the same, but the curvature more 

 perceivable, colour black ; the chin, for a little way, is bare of 

 feathers, and reddish ; irides yellow ; the head pretty full of feathers, 

 and with about half the neck black, with a tinge of green in some 

 lights, in others purplish ; the middle of the wing coverts and second 

 quills, also the middle of the back, greenish black ; tail the same; 

 the rest of the plumage white; the whole of the legs, and bare parts 

 above the knee, of a fine red ; the toes furnished at the end with 

 pale-coloured claws, shaped not unlike those of the human species. 



Inhabits New-Holland. Native name Barri enna. 



The above description is taken from a specimen in the Leverian 

 Museum. Among the drawings of Mr. Lambert is a representation 

 of one apparently the same, in which the skin beneath the lower 



