JABIRU

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JABIRU , according to Marcgrave the Brazilian name of a bird, subsequently called by Linnaeus Mycteria americana, one of the largest of the storks, Ciconiidae, which occurs from Mexjco southwards to the territory of the Argentine Republic. It stands between 4 and 5 ft. in height, and is conspicuous for its massive bill, slightly upturned, and its entirely white plumage; but the head and neck are bare and black, except for about the lower third

part

PART

of the latter, which is

bright

BRIGHT, JOHN (1811-188g)
BRIGHT, SIR CHARLES TILSTON

red in the living bird. Very nearly allied to Mycteria, and also commonly called jabirus, are the birds of the genera Xenorhynchus and Ephippiorhynchusthe former containing one or (in the

opinion

OPINION (Lat. opinio, from opinari, to think)

of some) two species, X. australis and X. indicus, and the latter one only, E. senegalensis. These belong to the countries indicated by their names, and differ chiefly by their feathered head and neck, while the last is sometimes termed the saddle-billed stork from the very singular shape of its

beak

BEAK (early forms beke and becke, from Fr. bec, late Lat. beccus, supposed to be a Gaulish word; the Celtic bec and beq, however, are taken from the English)

. Somewhat more distantly related are the gigaptic birds known to Europeansin India and elsewhere as

adjutant

ADJUTANT (from Lat. adjutare, to aid)

birds, belonging to the genus Leptoptilus, distinguished by their sad-coloured plumage, their black scabrous head, and their enormous tawny pouch, which depends occasionally some 16 in. or more in length from the lower

part

PART

of the neck, and seems to be connected with the respiratory and not, as commonly believed, with the digestive

system

SYSTEM

. In many parts of India L. dubius, the largest of these birds, the bargila as Hindus

call

CALL (from Anglo-Saxon ceallian, a common Teutonic word, cf. Dutch kallen, to talk or chatter)

it, is a most efficient scavenger, sailing aloft at a vast height and descending on the discovery of offal, though frogs and fishes also form part of its diet. It familiarly enters the large towns, in many of which an account of its services it is strictly protected from injury, and, having satisfied its appetite, seeks the repose it has earned, sitting with its feet
Jabiru.
extended in front in a most grotesque attitude. A second and smaller species, L. javanicus, has a more southern and eastern range; while a third, L. crumenifer, of

African

AFRICAN

origin, and often known as the marabou-stork, gives its name to the beautifully soft feathers so called, which are the under-tail-coverts; the " marabout " feathers of the plume-

trade

are mostly supplied by other birds, the

term

TERM

being apparently applied to any downy feathers. (A. N.)

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