. PLATALEID^E. 



Family CICONIID^. 

 Genus CICONIA, Brisson, Ornith. v. p. 361 (1760). 



Ciconia = a Stork, in classical Latin ; cognate with cdno = I sing, KVKVOS = 

 a Swan, Kavaxn = a sharp sound, Kovaflos = a din, &c. 



Ciconia alba. WHITE STOKK. 



Ciconia alba, Bechstein, Naturg. Deutschl. iii. p. 48 



(1793). 



Ciconia alba, Naum. ix. p. 231 ; Macg. iv. p. 481 ; Hewitson, 

 p. 317; Gray, p. 151; Yarr. ed. 2, ii. p. 554; id. 

 ed. 3, ii. p. 586; Gould, iv. pi. 30; Harting, p. 54; 

 Dresser, vi. p. 297. 



The White Stork, Yarr. ed. 1, ii. p. 489. 



Alba = white. 



An occasional visitant to the British Islands. It breeds in 

 the central and southern portions of the Palseartic Region 

 as far east as Turkestan, migrating southwards in winter. 



Ciconia nigra. BLACK STORK. 



Ardea nigra, Linn&us, S. N. i. p. 235 (1766). 



Ciconia nigra, Naum. ix. p. 279 ; Macg. iv. p. 485; Hewit- 

 son, p. 319; Gray, p. 152; Yarr. ed. 2, ii. p. 558; id. 

 ed. 3, ii. p. 591; Gould, iv. pi. 31; Harting, p. 145; 

 Dresser, vi. p. 309. 



The Black Stork, Yarr. ed. 1, ii. p. 493. 



Nigra = black. 



An occasional straggler to the British Islands. Found over 

 the greater part of the Palsearctic Region, also in India and 

 Africa. 



Family PLATALEID^E. 

 Genus PLATALEA, Limueus, S. N. i. p. 231 (1766). 



Pldtalea = the Spoonbill, in Cicero, N. D. ii. 49, 124 ; Platea, in Pliny, H. N. 

 x. 40, 56 ; probably from TrXarvs = broad. 



