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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, frequently 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. 



STOEK, 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 Eussia, 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 



