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HERONS, STORKS, AND IBISES 



and fifth quills being of nearly equal length. By far the best-known species is the 

 white stork (Ciconia alba], in which the whole of the plumage, with the exception 

 of the black greater wing coverts and quills, is pure white, the beak being red, the 

 bare space round the eye black, the iris brown, and the foot and leg red, with brown 





WHITE STORK. 

 (One-eighth natural size.) 



claws. The whole length varies from forty-two to forty-four inches. With the 

 exception of the extreme north, the stork ranges over the whole of Europe, al- 

 though not breeding everywhere, and being merely an irregular visitor to the 

 British Islands. Eastward its range extends through Turkey and Persia to 



