182 THE FLIGHT OF THE MARABOU STORK 
THE FLIGHT OF THE MARABOU STORK 
By F. J. Jackson 
In reference to the question of the attitude of the Marabou 
Stork during flight, raised in the last issue of the Journal, it 
may interest your readers to know that during a recent visit 
to Ankole I had an opportunity of observing a large number 
Heron 
Attitude of Heron and Marabou in flight 
(From sketch by F. J. Jackson) 
of these birds. They were congregated within a small area 
of open-wooded country recently swept by a grass-fire. Some 
of them were on the ground, others were resting on trees, 
whilst many were soaring in the air almost within gun-shot. 
When in the act of rising from the ground or a tree, the neck 
is stretched out ; but directly the bird is well on the wing the 
head is drawn in like a heron’s, but with this difference : whereas 
the heron holds its bill and feet horizontally, the bill and feet 
of a Marabou are depressed and held slightly downwards. 
