BLACK STORK. 487 



According to M. Temminck, it nestles on the tallest pines 

 and firs, laying two or three eggs of a dull white shaded with 

 green, and sometimes marked with a small number of brown 

 spots. Wagler states that it is " not very rare in France, 

 Hungary, Poland, Austria, Bavaria, Switzerland, Prussia, 

 but never occurs in Holland. Frequent in Persia, as well as 

 Nubia, Senagambia, and Caffraria. It prefers marshy places 

 in forests, seldom betaking itself to the shores of rivers and 

 marshes, nestles in extensive woods, building its ample nest 

 on the tops of the trees, and laying two or three dull white 

 eggs, tinged with green, and sometimes marked with a few 

 dusky spots. It feeds on small fishes, frogs, locusts, and 

 other insects, and is of a very timid disposition." 



Young. — According to M. Temminck, the young have 

 the bill, the bare skin about the eyes, that on the throat, as 

 well as the feet, olive-green ; the head and neck brownish- 

 red, with reddish borders ; the body, wings, and tail blackish- 

 brown, with slight bluish and greenish reflections. 



