Transcribe Manigault, G. E. Letter to Ward, Henry A. (1879-10-09)

nwh Charleston, S. C. 9th Oct 1879 Dear Professor Ir your Marabow Stork is certain- ly the "Leptoptilus crumeniferuss, it is the bird that I want It is the name given in the list of birds belonging to the collection of the Zoological Society of London, although Verreaux in Paris calls it "Ciconia marabu". Its habitat ac- cording to the London catalogue is West Africa, so that I fancy that you were mistaken in supposing that in India there was another Stork besides the Adjutant that was in- correctly called the Marabou