NESTS AND EGGS 



OF 



BKITISH BIRDS. 



WHITE STORK. 



PLATE CLXII. FIG. I. 



Ciconia alba, .... Fleming. Selbt. 

 Ardea ciconia, .... Montagu. Bewick. 



A HEAP of sticks and twigs, with any other coarse 

 materials, forms the nest of this bird. It is phaccd 

 on a house top, the summit of some tall chimney, 

 the steeple of a church, or an old tower, or turret; 

 as well as on the highest parts of the loftiest trees, 

 in the immediate vicinity of the most crowded thorough- 

 fares. 



The eggs are usually three or four in number; white, 

 tinged with buff, and of a short oval form. The young 

 are hatched after a month's incubation, and are attended 

 to with sedulous attention by both parents, until fully 

 fledged and able to provide for themselves. The old 

 birds feed them from their own bills, with food they 

 have previously swallowed. 



