210 



STORKS. 



feeds by day; a large portion of its food 

 consists of crabs. Rather solitary but nests 

 in small communities. Flight, rapid with 

 rather quick wing-beats. America from N. 

 C. and the lower Ohio Valley, south to Brazil 

 and Peru, casually north to Mass., fig. 155. 



Fi2. 163 



Purple Gallinule. 1-5. 



STORKS. 



Large birds with stout bodies, long 

 necks, legs and bills, head and a portion of 

 neck destitute of feathers. Young, helpless; 

 sexes, similar. 



