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Identifier: centurydictionary01whit Title: The Century dictionary and cyclopedia; a work of universal reference in all departments of knowledge, with a new atlas of the world .. Year: 1897 (1890s) Authors: Whitney, William Dwight, 1827-1894 Smith, Benjamin E. (Benjamin Eli), 1857-1913 Subjects: English language Atlases Biography Encyclopedias and dictionaries Publisher: New York : The Century Co. Contributing Library: University of California Libraries Digitizing Sponsor: Internet Archive

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Text Appearing After Image: fi.>fliiits argala). ing to the family Cicottiida. It is the Ardea dulnaof Gnielin, the A. artjala of Latham, the Ciconia maratiouof Temminck, and the argala of the native Indians. Greatconfusion lias been occasioned by the transference byTemminck of the native name, argala, to a related butdistinct African species. The name maralini has likewisebeen given to both species, since both furinsh the orna-mental plumes so named in connnerce. The African spe-cies should be distinguished as the marabou, the Indianspecies being left to bear its native name ai-gala. Thename adjutant, or adjutant-bird, is a nicktianie bestowedupon the bird from some fancied likeness of its bearing tothe stiff martinet air of the military functionary knownas an adjutant. The bird is a gigantic stork, :, or often Gfeet liigh, and its expanded wings measure 14 feet fromtip to tip. It has an eiutnnons bill, nearly bare head andneck, ami a sausage-like pcnn-h hanging from the imderpart of the neck. It is one of t

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