BLACK STORK. 595 



though not uncommon in Switzerland and some parts of 

 Germany, and said to be abundant in Hungary and Poland. 

 M. Polydore Roux considers it a bird of Provence ; it is 

 found in the salt marshes of Italy ; inhabits Turkey ; and 

 the Russian naturalists enumerate it in their catalogue of 

 the birds found in the countries between the Black and the 

 Caspian Seas. It has been found in Nepal and at Calcutta. 

 It probably inhabits, during the winter, a great part of 

 Northern Africa, since Dr. Heineken included it among 

 the birds of Madeira, and its southward range is extensive, 

 Dr. Andrew Smith having brought specimens with him 

 from the Cape of Good Hope. 



The character of the Black Stork, as observed by Mr. 

 E. T. Bennett, and others, is in one respect diametrically 

 opposed to that of the White Stork. Instead of domesti- 

 cating itself, as it were, with man, it shuns his society, and 

 makes its temporary dwelling in the most secluded spots, 

 frequenting impenetrable 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 

 loftiest pines. It lays two or three eggs, of a buffy white 

 colour, about two inches seven lines long, by one inch and 

 eleven lines in breadth. 



A very fine specimen of the Black Stork in the menagerie 

 of the Zoological Society in the Regent's Park is perfectly 

 quiet, never using its powerful beak as a weapon of offence 

 against its fellow-prisoners, and makes no noise except the 

 clattering sound which it produces by the snapping of its 

 mandibles. 



This Black Stork stood for his portrait to illustrate 

 the ornithological works of Mr. Bennett, Mr. Selby, Mr. 

 Gould, Mr. Meyer, and my own. 



In the adult bird, the beak, and the naked skin around 

 the eye, are red, tinged with orange; the irides reddish 



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