THE BOATBILL. 



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pointing out the localities they inhabit. They are as follows : — The 

 Jabiru {Mycteria australis, Fig. 130), which is a native of Australia ; 

 the White-headed Stork (Balceniceps rex), which is found in Africa ; 

 the Bec-ouvert, which inhabits India and Africa ; the Drome, which 



Fig. 129. — Adjutant. 



is met with on the shores of the Black Sea and Senegal ; and, finally, 

 the Tantalus, which lives in the warm regions of both the New and 

 Old World. 



Whoever has once set eyes on the Boatbill (Ca/icroma cochlearia, 

 Fig. 131) will never forget the bird, or confound it with any other. 



