. A dictionary of birds . by severalcompetent ornithologists whose accounts have been convenientlycollected by Mr. Dresser (B. Eur. iii. pp. 353-355). A nearlyallied species, P. xanthopygius, inhabits Palestine, and a singleexample of one from the Cape of Good Hope, P. capensis, is said tohave strayed to Ireland (Yarrell, Br. B. ed. 4, i. p. 247). ^ Kulil did not live to publish this name, and Boie is the authority for itsbestowal. In their days it was not uncommon for naturalists to ticket a specimenin a museum with a name that, though accessible to a visitor, might not find itsway into print
. A dictionary of birds . by severalcompetent ornithologists whose accounts have been convenientlycollected by Mr. Dresser (B. Eur. iii. pp. 353-355). A nearlyallied species, P. xanthopygius, inhabits Palestine, and a singleexample of one from the Cape of Good Hope, P. capensis, is said tohave strayed to Ireland (Yarrell, Br. B. ed. 4, i. p. 247). ^ Kulil did not live to publish this name, and Boie is the authority for itsbestowal. In their days it was not uncommon for naturalists to ticket a specimenin a museum with a name that, though accessible to a visitor, might not find itsway into print for many years. The assertion, unsupported by any evidence, andcontradicted by all we know of Kuhls severely scientific method, that a genericname given by him was published in some popular Dutch periodical canonly raise a smile. 462 JABIRU JABIRU, according to Marcgrave ^ the Brazilian name of abird, subsequently called by Linnaeus Myderia americana, one ofthe largest of the Ciconiidai (Stork), which occurs from Mexico. Jabiru, Mycteria americana. southwards to the territory of the Argentine Republic. It standsbetween 4 and 5 feet in height, and is conspicuous for its massivebill, slightly upturned, and its entirely white plumage; but thehead and neck are bare and black, excejDt for about the lower third ^ An apparently accidental transposal of two of the figures given by thisauthor {Hist. Nat. Brasilia, pp. 200, 201) misled several of his successors fromPiso to Brisson, until noticed by Buifon {Hist. Nat. Ois. vii. pp. 280-286). J AC A MAR 463 part of the latter, which is bright red in the living bird. Verynearly allied to Myderia, and also commonly called Jabirus, arethe birds of the genera Xenorhynchus and Ephippiorhynchus—theformer containing one or (in the opinion of some) two species,A, australis and X. indicus, and the latter one only, U. sene-galensis. These belong to the countries indicated by their names,and differ chiefly by their feathered head and neck, whileth
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