190 THE BIRDS OF BERKS AND BUCKS. 



of Worcester College, Oxford, that a White Stork 

 was shot a few miles from Buckingham, in the month 

 of September, 1846. 



'The White Stork, from its familiarity, and the 

 services which it renders to man in some countries 

 by the destruction of reptiles and the removal of 

 offal, has ever secured for itself an especial protec- 

 tion, and an exemption from the persecution which 

 is the lot of the less favoured of the feathered 

 tribes. Its periodical return to its accustomed sum- 

 mer quarters, to its nests, the home of many genera- 

 tions, has ever been regarded with feelings of pleasure, 

 and its visits to the habitations of man have not only 

 been permitted, 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 attachment which 

 they testify towards their benevolent hosts, are 

 familiar in the mouths of everyone.' 



GLOSSY IBIS (Ibis falcinellus}. The Rev. L. 

 Jenyns says that this beautiful and rare visitor to our 

 shores has been killed in the counties of Cornwall, 

 Devon, Kent, Berks, Norfolk, and Northumberland, 

 as well as in Anglesea and Ireland. 



Colonel Montagu was the first ornithologist who 

 pointed out the identity of the supposed varieties of 



