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STONECHAT. 



STLYIA KTTBICOLA, Penn. 



The Stonechat is generally dispersed in summer, 

 although nowhere very abundant. The greater 

 number of these frequenting this country leave 

 us in autumn ; but specimens have been found 

 both in England and Scotland in winter. It 

 resorts to furzy commons and heaths overgrown 

 with furze, juniper, and other low shrubs. Its 

 favourite station is the top twig of a bush, whence 

 it sallies forth in pursuit of insects. The nest, 

 which is usually placed on the ground, at the 

 bottom of a whin or other bush, is composed of 

 moss and dry grass, lined with hair or feathers. 

 The eggs, of which there are five or six, are of a 

 light greenish blue, marked towards the larger end 

 with small reddish brown spots. 



STOKK, BLACK. 



CICONIA NIGBA, SelLy. 



The Black Stork is found distributed over the 

 eastern and middle parts of the Continent, and 

 occurs occasionally also in the northern and 

 western. Only a very few instances are recorded 



