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SUB-FAMILY IV 



ClCONIN^. 



The StorJiS. 



Gen. Chakac. — Bill lengthened, usuallj' straight and conical, with the sides 

 compressed to the tip, which is acute ; the gouys louji and ascending; the 

 nostrils lateral, pierced in the substance of the bill, with the opening linear ; 

 the wings long and ample ; the tail moderate and broad ; the tarsi length- 

 ened, and usually covered with reticulated scales ; the toes moderate, with 

 the anterior toes more or less united at the base, the hind toe long, elevated, 

 and partly resting on the ground. 



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Fig. ISO.— tue white tTOKK. 

 {Cijonia alia.) 



These birds, in tlieir migTations, visit various 

 mar shy districts in Europe, Asia, and Africa. Tliey 

 usually seek their food on the borders of rivers and 

 streams, or in marshes. They live upon fishes, rep- 

 tiles, small quadrupeds, and young birds, and some- 

 times search on open dry plains, or on cultivated 

 ground, for grasshoppers and other insects. Their 



