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Show ADJUTANT BIRD A SCAVENGER Member of the 8tork Family It a Favorite Fa-vorite in Germany an4 India. The adjutant bird Is member of ine famous stork family thnt figures ho largely In fairy tales. It lives on the roofs of houses In Oermuny and often In a family pel. The gawky bird Is popular with the people In India ulso, and they are careful not to harm him. He eats any rubbish In the j neighborhood and Is a great help In the sanitary department. When other food Is scarce the adjutant goes fishing fish-ing In the shallow streams, and being about five feet tall be can venture Into the water a goodly distance without wetting his feathers. He Is ulso willing will-ing to eat tiny birds and mice, which be lias no dllllcully In catching with his long, Hharp beak. From tip to lip his outstretched wings measure 14 or : l.ri feel across. j |