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haunted the pools of Kedby -Common in the East Riding 

 of Yorkshire, for some time in the spring of 1830, and 

 one of them was shot. One specimen has been killed in 

 Scotland, communicated to me by Thomas M. Grant, 

 Esq., and two examples are said to have been killed in 

 Shetland. 



W. R. Fisher, Esq. sent me word that a White Stork 

 was shot at Halvergate, seven miles from Yarmouth, in 

 May, 1842 ; another was shot at Breyden, near Yar- 

 mouth, in 1852 ; and Thomas Thornhill, Esq. favoured 

 me with a notice of one killed in Essex during the same 

 year. 



Mr. Blyth says it is " very common in parts of Bengal, 

 during the cold season." 



" The White Stork, from its familiarity, and the services 

 which it renders to man in some countries by the destruc- 

 tion of reptiles and the removal of offal, has ever secured 

 for itself an especial protection, and an exemption from the 

 persecution which is the lot of the less favoured of the fea- 

 thered tribes. Its periodical return to its accustomed sum- 

 mer-quarters, to its nest, the home of many generations, 

 has ever been regarded with feelings of pleasure ; and its 

 visits to the habitations of man have not only been per- 

 mitted, but sanctioned with welcome. In various parts of 

 Holland, the nest of this bird, built on the chimney top, 

 remains undisturbed for many succeeding years, and the 

 owners constantly return with unerring sagacity to the 

 well-known spot. The joy which they manifest on again 

 taking possession of their deserted dwelling, and the attach- 

 ment which they testify towards their benevolent hosts, are 

 familiar in the mouths of every one." In Holland particu- 

 larly, in some parts of Germany, and, indeed, in all countries 

 where it breeds, it is protected ; boxes are provided for 



