Mar
an ancient district of Scotland between the Dee and the Don, comprising nearly the S. half of Aberdeenshire, and subdivided into Braemar, Midmar, and Cromar.
MARABOU (mar-a-bö'), the popular name for at least two species of storks of the genus Leptoptilus, the vent feathers of which were formerly much esteemed as ornaments and for ladies' headdresses.
L. argala is the Asiatic marabou or adju: tant. L. marabou, a smaller species, is from tropical Africa, where it assists the vultures in consuming the filth of the negro villages. It is, if possible, uglier than its Asiatic congener, but its delicate vent feathers are equally valued.