196 BRITISH AND EUROPEAN BIRDS. 



The Stork (*^) too, in plumage resplendent and white. 

 With black mingled tastefully, soar'd in the light ; 



thus, "The laughing Hecco," What bird he means by the 

 Tydy, in the preceding line, 



" The Tydy for her notes as delicate as they," 



I do not know ; nor do I know to what bird he alludes, in ano- 

 ther line of the same song, under the term Yellow-pate. 



The Tt/raMMMS, or Tyrant-Shrike, has the body cinereous, 

 beneath white, crown black, with a longitudinal tawny streak ; 

 eight inches long ; builds in hollow trees ; fierce, audacious ; 

 fixes on the back of eagles and hawks, and makes a continual 

 chattering till they are compelled to retire. Three other varie- 

 ties. Inhabits America. 



(") Order, Grall^, (Linn.) Stork, Crane, Demoiselle, 

 Heron, Bittern, Adjutant, Egret, &c. 



The geyius Ardea, (Linn.) or Crane, consists of more than 

 one hundred species, of which the Ciconia, or Stork, is one of 

 the chief. This tribe is distinguished by a long, straight, and 

 pointed bill, sub-compressed with a furrow from the nostril 

 towards the tip; nostrils linear; tongue pointed; feet four-toed, 

 clefl. Every quarter of the globe furnishes some of the species. 

 The following are the chief. 



The Ciconiay Stork, or PVhite-Stork, inhabits Europe, Asia^ 

 and America, yet never, it is sai<l, within the tropics. It is 

 three feet three inches long ; bill red ; the plumage is wholly 

 white, except some of the scapulars, the greater coverts, and 

 quill feathers, wiiich are black.. It is rarely met with in Eng- 

 land ; vast numbers resort to Holland, there to breed, and de- 

 part in autumn to winter in Egypt and Barbary ; it is common 

 also in France and Spain. In most countries the inhabitants 

 hold them in veneration, most probably from their destroying 



