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‘44 THE NATURAL HISTORY 
Genus gg. MYCTERIA, 
Tue JABIRU. 
aceamanll bill bends upwards; the upper mandible is triangus 
lar, or three-fided. 
The forehead is bare of feathers. 
The noftrils fmall. 
‘No tongue. 
Four toes, divided. 

HE Jabiru is larger than the Stork, and 
higher than the Crane; the head, and part 
-of the neck, is covered with a black and naked 
fkin. 
In Oronoque there are multitudes of reptiles, 
, fuch as fnakes, toads, and lizards; and there are 
too a number of birds of prey, which deftroy thefe 
’_ geptiles, and prevent their increafing too faft. 
_ The Jabiru is one of the largeit of thefe kinds 
S » of birds. 
It is found in all the Savannas of Cayenne, 
iana, and other parts of South America. It 
S in trees, lays two eggs, and brings up the — 
ng in the neft, until they can fly down to the 
ound. 
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