The marabou, which is so much prized for its delicate feathers, is occasionally seen stalking watchfully by the shaded pools, seizing now and then upon small reptiles with its formidable bill and devouring them at a single gulp.
"The Pearl of India"
Maturin M. Ballou
Gone was the old pulled-in waistline, but the old love of finery was out on her hat in ostrich plumes, a boa of marabou lending further elegance.
"Star-Dust A Story of an American Girl"
Fannie Hurst
My boy, who had been with marabou and egret poachers in the swamps and rice-fields of the lower Rufigi, knew the value of these snowy feathers.
"Sketches of the East Africa Campaign"
Robert Valentine Dolbey