All Rights Rcscri'rd. February, 1920. 
BIRD NOTES: 
THE 
JOURNAL OF THE FOREIGN BIRD CLUB. 
The Adjutant Storh. 
(Leptoptihus javanicus) 
By Wesley T. Page, F.Z.S. 
There are two species of Adjutants, the larger ( L. dubius) 
and the smaller ( L. javaiiints) ; the latter is the subject of these 
notes and the accompanying plate. 
I have often watched these fascinating" but grotesque 
birds at the London Zoo with much interest, pleasure and mirth, 
for one cannot see them during a period of activity without a 
hearty laugh at their " cake-walk " dances, caperings, etc. 
I have known the Zoo for many years, and I do not 
remember them ever being without several Adjutants, but I do 
not call to mind seeing the smaller species ( javanicus ) there, 
and at the moment of writing I have not time to look up their 
list. It is much less common than dubius. 
Jerdon, in his Birds of India, designates dubius, The 
Gigantic Stork (length 5ft.), and javanicus, the Hair-crested 
Stork (length 41/^ft.). The latter is also less heavily built than 
the former. 
Df javanicus Jerdon states : 
" This species of Adjutant is found in small numbers throughout 
" India frequenting marshes, inundated paddy fields, and the edges of 
■■ lakes and rivers. It prefers a wooded country, and in the South of 
" India I have only seen it on the Malabar Coast. It is rare in Central 
" India and the Upper Provinces, is now and then found in Lower Bengal, 
" and is more common in Assam, Sylhet, and Burmah, extending thence 
" through the Mal.iyan Peninsula to some of the islands. It feeds on 
" fish, frogs, and more especially crabs, and also on large locusts. 
" JUuchanan Hamilton found it breeding in a l,trg-e Mangotope in the 
