BIRDS OF THE BRITISH ISLES. 279 



The Black Stork {Ciconia 7iigra, Linnaeus) is a very rare 

 spring and autumn migrant to the British Isles, and is 

 found inhabiting the Southern Palearctic Region. The 

 adult has the under parts from the lower breast, white ; 

 remainder of plumage rich black, more or less suffused with 

 purple, blue, coppery, and green reflections ; irides, brown ; 

 bare space round eye, scarlet ; bill, legs, and feet, scarlet. 

 Length, from forty to forty-two inches. 



