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A smaller species, otherwise much like the preceding, is the 
Javan Adjutant (Z. javanicus ); another, called Marabou 
(Z. crumeniferus ), inhabits Africa. 
The White Stork ( Ciconia alba ) is a well-known summer 
resident in central Europe, particularly in Holland and Ger- 
many, retiring into Asia and Africa at the approach of winter. 
It is almost a household bird, living even in the midst of large 
cities, and in parts of Germany is regarded with superstitious 
reverence. With it, in the Garden, is associated the Black 
• Stork (C. nigra ), from the same localities. 
A rare species from west Africa, the Saddle-billed Stork 
(Xenorhynchus senegalensis'), is also to be seen in the collection. 
The flamingoes, forming the order Odonioglossce , seem 
to be related on the one side to storks, and on the other to 
Anseres. There are some half dozen species, all resident in 
tropical regions; all are pink or red in color, though they 
soon fade in captivity, and all have the bill curiously bent 
downwards in the middle. The common American species 
is Phcenicopterus ruber , which inhabits Florida, the West In¬ 
dies, and northern South America. These birds do not live 
long in captivity, and one can never be sure of finding them 
in the collection. 
The Fulmar Petrel (. Fulmaris glacialis), the Parasitic 
Jaeger Gull ( Stercorariusparasiticus ), the Laughing Gull 
(.Larus atricilia), and the Great Black-backed Gull (Z. 
mannas') are members of the order Gavice , and are found 
along the coast of the Atlantic States; the first two have a 
very extensive range to the north. 
The large Alligator (Alligator mississippiensis) is generally 
to be seen during warm weather in the compartment at the 
lower end of this creek, either sunning himself on the bank or 
submerged in the water, nothing being visible but the tips of 
the ridges over the eye and the protuberance around the nostrils 
on the extreme end of the snout. This species is found in the 
rivers and bayous of the Gulf States, and is allied to the croc¬ 
odile and gavial of Egypt and southern Asia, and the cai¬ 
man and jacare of South America. One species of Croco¬ 
dile ( Crocodilus americanus) is also found in South America 
and Cuba, and quite rarely among the keys which border the 
southern coast of Florida. 
