HERODIONES. 



WHITE STORK. 



219 

 CICONIID^. 



/vl 



■A - 



CicoNiA ALBA, Bechstein.* 

 THE WHITE STORK. 



Ciconia alba. 



CicoNiA, Brissonf. — Beak longer tban the head, straight, strong, and pointed. 

 Nostrils pierced longitudinally in the horny substance. Eyes surrounded by a 

 naked skin. Legs long ; feet with four rather short toes ; the three in front 

 united by a membrane as far as the tirst joint ; claws short, broad, obtuse ; the 

 middle one not pectinated. Wings rather large ; the first quill-feather shorter 

 than the second ; the third and fourth quill-feathers the longest in the wing. 

 Plumage without powder-down tracts. Tail short, and slightly rounded. 



* Naturgeschichte Deutschlands, iii. p. 48 (1793). 



t Ornithologie, v. p. 361 (1760). 



