. Half hours with fishes, reptiles, and birds . Fig. 144. — Scarlet Ibis. SOME WADING BIRDS 179. Wood Ibis. chimneys (Fig. 147), thebirds being supposed tobringgood luck to such housesand their occupants. Themigration of the stork is aninteresting spectacle. One of the most valuableof the storks is the marabou,from which the beautifulfeathers of that name aretaken. The birds have buta single representative inAmerica, the South Ameri-can jabiru (Fig. 148). It isa large, powerful bird, with most interesting beingfound in Europe andAsia, where in manycities they are pro-tected as are thebuzzards
. Half hours with fishes, reptiles, and birds . Fig. 144. — Scarlet Ibis. SOME WADING BIRDS 179. Wood Ibis. chimneys (Fig. 147), thebirds being supposed tobringgood luck to such housesand their occupants. Themigration of the stork is aninteresting spectacle. One of the most valuableof the storks is the marabou,from which the beautifulfeathers of that name aretaken. The birds have buta single representative inAmerica, the South Ameri-can jabiru (Fig. 148). It isa large, powerful bird, with most interesting beingfound in Europe andAsia, where in manycities they are pro-tected as are thebuzzards in SouthCarolina, where theyperform the duties ofvaluable Holland it is notunusual to see storksnesting on the tops of
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