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a flock was seen on the Trent, two, supposed to belong to 

 which, were shot, also near Bawtry. In March, 1831, one 

 was shot at Bretton Hall, near Barnsley, the seat of Thomas 

 Wentworth Beaumont, Esq. Other instances, I believe, have 

 occurred. One was shot on the sea-shore near Skipsea. A 

 bird also, that appeared to be of this species, was seen below 

 Wansford, in the parish of Nafferton, near Prim* eld, in the 

 spring of 1846, by E. H. Reynard, Esq., and Fife, Esq. 

 In Hampshire, one was obtained at Little Park, near Wickham. 

 In Devonshire, three. 



In Norfolk, a pair were shot in the Burgh Marshes, in 

 the summer of 1817; another before that time, and one seen 

 in the autumn of 1810, and one shot at Halvergate, May 

 llth., 1842. One, on Breydon, near Yarmouth, about the 

 15th. of March, 1851; and another was said to have been 

 killed near Yarmouth, about the beginning of January, in 

 the same year. One or two are killed in most years, generally 

 in the spring months, and in the vicinity of the coast. 



In Scotland it has occurred more than once. One was 

 shot in the parish of Lonmay, near the Loch of Strathbeg, 

 not far from the sea-shore, between Peterhead and Frazerburgh, 

 in Aberdeenshire, in the winter of 1837-38. 



In Orkney, a White Stork was caught in South Konaldshay, 

 in 1840, and kept alive for some time; being prevented from 

 escaping by its wings being clipped, it used to keep company 

 with a flock of tame geese. 



In Ireland, it is also said to have been met with formerly; 

 and three were seen near Fermoy, in the county of Cork, 

 and one of them procured about the last week in May, 1846. 



Who has not read of the Stork at the conflagration of 

 Delft, which, after attempting in vain to convey away her 

 young to a place of safety, remained with them and perished 

 a never-dying example of maternal devotedness. But the bird, 

 indeed, must always have been noticed for the like feeling, 

 from thence its name, one and the same with the expressive 

 word 'Storge,' natural affection the innate impulse which the 

 Almighty Author of Good has implanted in every living 

 creature, whether developed more or less ostensibly to man, 

 and in many cases in a degree which even man himself does 

 not and cannot exceed. 



The Stork is in much esteem in the countries where it is 

 plentiful as a destroyer of reptiles and vermin, and as a 

 'Sanitary Commissioner' is of great use and efficiency, by the 



