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AMERICAN J.
D e s c r i p t io n .
Pl. LXXV.
G enus LXII. J A B I R U.
I. American J.
BI L L long and large, both mandibles bending upwards; the
upper triangular.
Noftrils lmall.
No tongue *.
Toes divided.
Mydleria Americana, Lin.Syfi, i. p. 232.
La Cicogne da Brefil, Brif. Orn. v. p. 371. 4.
Le Jabiru, Buf. Oif. vii. p. 280. pi. 13.— P/. Enl. Siy.— Raii Syn. p. g6.
4-— Will. Or*, p. 275. pi. 47 -j-.
Le Cicogne de la Guiane, Brif. Ora. v. p, 373.
Jabiru-guacu, Nhandhu-apoa, Raii Syn. p. 96. 3.~Will. On. p. 276.
Tonyonyon, Mem. fur Cayenne, vol, ii. p. 263. pi. 3.
' J ' H IS bird in fize yields only to the OJirkh, and is in length J
not far from fix feet. The bill is thirteen inches long, ftout,
not unlike that of a Stork, and bends upwards j the colour is
black: the whole plumage is white, except the head, and about two-
thirds of the neck, which are bare of feathers, and of a blackifh
colour; the remainder is alfo bare, and of a fine red: on the
* Mar eg rave.
t By this reference is meant the till at the bottom of the plate.— Seealfo
Grenu’j Muf. t. v. f. 1.
J Barren fays fix feet in height as it Hands. See Fr. Eg. 133.
hind*