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IV. Some Remarks on the Natural History of the Black Stork, for the 
first time captured in Great Britain. By George Montagu, Esq. 
F.L.S. 
Read May 2, 1815. 
ARDEA NIGRA. Linn. 
- Brack Stork. ~ 
Mosr ornithological writers mention this bird as an European 
- species, less common than the White Stork, and of a more soli- 
tary disposition. Its latitudinal range in its periodical migra- 
tions is apparently greater than that of the white species, since 
it is said to visit Russia and Siberia, and also to pass over Sweden 
in the spring in vast flocks, flying towards the extreme north, and 
soaring to so great a height as to appear no larger than a sparrow. 
From innumerable observations it is evident that migrative 
birds are much more coafined in their longitudinal range than in 
their latitudinal: hence it is that many species pass through 
France and Germany in the spring, and return in the autumn, 
which by no chance have as yet been ever observed to wander into 
this country, although they proceed much further north than any 
part of Britain. Others, from accidental causes of which we have 
no certain knowledge, occasionally vary a little from their natu- 
ral course, and are found solitary in this country. Of this I have 
the pleasure of announcing an example in Ardea nigra, the only 
instance I believe of its being found at large in Great Britain. 
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