BLACK STORK. 



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GRALLATORES. 



ARDEIDX. 



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THE BLACK STORK. 



Ardea nigra, Black Slork, Montagu, Linn. Trans, vol. xii. p. 19. 

 Ciconia ,, ,, ,, Flem. Brit. An. p. 97. 



,, ,, Selby, Brit. Ornith. vol. ii. p. 48. 



Jenvns, Brit. Vert. p. 193. 

 ,, ,, Gould, Birds of Europe, pt. vi. 

 ,, ,, Eyton, Rare Brit. Birds, p. 33. 

 Cigogne nnir, Temm. Man. d'Ornith. vol. ii. p. 561. 



The first occurrence of the Black Stork in a wild state in 

 this country, was made known by Colonel Montagu in a 

 paper read before the Linnean Society on the 2nd of May, 

 1815 ; and I am not aware that more than three other exam- 



