BLACK STORK. 



HERO DION ES. 



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CICONIIDjE. 



CicoNiA NIGRA (Limineus*). 



THE BLACK STORK. 



Ciconia nigra. 



The first occiu-rence of the Black Stork in a wild state 

 in this country was made known by Montagu, in a paper 

 read before tbe Linnean Society on tbe 2nd of May, 1815. 

 Montagu's bird was captured on West Sedgemoor, adjoining 

 tbe parisb of Stoke St. Gregory, Somersetsbire, on tbe 13tb 

 of May, 1814, by means of a sligbt sbot-wound in tbe wing, 



* Anlca uiijra, Liuna'us, Sy.st. Nat. VA. ]'2, i. p. 23;") (1766). 

 VOL. IV. Cx G 



