. Birds: the elements of ornithology . The Adjutant {Leptoptilus dubius). observed standing and feeding on a corpse floating down theGanges. It breeds in cliffs. An allied species is found inAfrica. These animals being known as Marabou Storks, natu-rally bring to our mind the thought of the true Stork (Cieonia 42 ELEMENTS OP ORNITHOLOGT. alba), whieh, though very rarely seen in this country, is abun-dant enough in Holland, where many pairs breed on boxes orother objects which Dutchmen place for them on the tops oftheirhouses. They make themselves as much at home on housesas House-martins do; a
. Birds: the elements of ornithology . The Adjutant {Leptoptilus dubius). observed standing and feeding on a corpse floating down theGanges. It breeds in cliffs. An allied species is found inAfrica. These animals being known as Marabou Storks, natu-rally bring to our mind the thought of the true Stork (Cieonia 42 ELEMENTS OP ORNITHOLOGT. alba), whieh, though very rarely seen in this country, is abun-dant enough in Holland, where many pairs breed on boxes orother objects which Dutchmen place for them on the tops oftheirhouses. They make themselves as much at home on housesas House-martins do; and sometimes several nests are builtupon the same roof, although a nest is a very large structure of4 or 5 feet in diameter, made of sticks, reeds, and earth, andhned with hair, feathers, wool, rags, or other softer Stork may serve as the type of about a dozen and a half Fig. The Stork (Oioonia atba). Stork-like Birds which are, for the most part, inhabitants ofthe Old World, though amongst them is the American Jabiru(Mycteria americana) and certain Wood Storks (of the genusTantalus), which are often spoken of as Wood Ibises, thoughthey are in fact very different from the true Ibises, which willbe spoken of later. Another familiar large, long-legged, long-necked Bird, whiekhas an external resemblance to the Stork, is the Crane (Oruscinerea). This Bird is said to have bred in English marsh- INTEODTJCTION. 43 lands up to the close of the reign of Queen Elizabeth, and wasone of the largest of true British Birds; now it is but a rarevisitor to our shores. Its nest is never built in a tree, but ona small mound or hummock in some swamp. Cranes are Fig. 42.
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