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of its capture in Britain. The character of the 
Black Stork is in one respect diametrically opposed 
to that of the White Stork. Instead of allowing 
itself to be domesticated, as it were, with man, it 
shuns his society, and makes its temporary dwelling 
in the most secluded spots, frequenting impene- 
trable morasses, or the banks of such rivers and 
lakes as are seldom disturbed by the presence of 
intruders, and building its nest on the summits of 
the loftier pines. It appears to prefer fish to flesh, 
but when very hungry, any sort of offal is accept- 
able. It lays two or three eggs of a buffy white 
colour. 
STORK, WHITE. 
CIconIA ALBA, Mont. 
Although extensively dispersed in Europe, and 
common in Holland during the summer, this 
species is now very seldom met with in England. 
In its migrations it avoids alike the extremes of 
heat and cold; in summer being never seen further 
north than Sweden or Russia, and in winter not 
being known to venture further south than Egypt. 
The food of the Stork consists of serpents, lizards, 
frogs, small fish, &c., which it finds on the mar- 
gins of lakes and pools, or in swamps and marshes. 
It prefers to make its nest in the neighbourhood 
