364 TEN YEABS IN SWEDEN. 



Gen. Ciconia, Briss. 



Beak nearly double the length of the head,, straight, 

 conical, pointed ; nostrils basal ; eyes encircled by a 

 naked patch of skin, which is distinct from the beak ; legs 

 long ; back toe reaches the ground with its posterior third 

 part; skin on the tarsi and tibia reticulated; third wing 

 feather longest. 



179. CICONIA ALBA, Briss. Hvit Stork. The White Stork. 



D. F. 



Length about 3'- ft.; beak 6-^ in.; tarsus 8 in.; 

 whole body white, with black wings; beak and legs 

 red ; cere black ; eye brown. 



Is very common in Denmark. In Sweden is confined to 

 the southern provinces of Scania and Halland, where they 

 breed. Are said to lay three to five white eggs, but never 

 to hatch more than three. I think, however, that three is 

 the usual number laid. 



180. C. NIGRA, Briss. Svart Stork. D. F. 



About the size of the last; head and neck glossy 

 black, with blue, green, and copper-coloured reflections ; 

 breast white ; back glossy black, with a bronze tinge. 

 Has been occasionally shot in Denmark, and once in 

 Finland. 



Gen. Platalea } L. 



Beak long, flattened at the end to a large round broad 

 spatula; hind toe resting on the ground, throughout its 

 length . 



181. PLATALEA LEUCORODIA, L. Sked Stork. The Spoon- 



bill. D. 



Length about 1 ft. 4 in. ; beak 7 in. 2 1. long, 1 in. 

 10 1. broad at the tip. 



The whole body white. In the older birds there is a 

 long crest on the back of the neck, which, as well as the 

 breast, is rusty yellow ; eye red ; beak black, with yellow 

 tip ; legs black. 



