THE STORK. .27 



A white stork was seen in Northumberland in the last century, and, of 

 course, shot directly. Its body was nailed to the wall of an inn, and crowds 

 of people came to look at it as a great curiosity. 



Since then, as lately as 1830, storks have been seen in England, and four 

 or five haunted a pool on one of the great commons in Yorkshire ; but they 

 were not allowed to live in peace, and the little community were soon dispersed. 



TIIK WHITE STORK. 



How much might our stock of English birds be increased and improved 

 but for this fatal habit of wanton destruction ! 



There is a black stork as well as a white stork ; and it, too, has now and 

 then been seen in England, and met with the same reception as its relative. 

 In one case a black stork was seen hunting for food by the side of a drain. 

 It was wounded slightly, and taken alive, 

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