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the base reticulate : claws short, convex, obm>e. Plumage 

 moderately full, and generally compact : feathers of the head 

 and neck oblong, of the lower parts of the neck elongated ; 

 scapulars very large and broad : wings long, ample, of thirty 

 quills, the third longest ; tail rather short, rounded, of 

 twelve feathers. 



The Storks reside chieily in marshy places, feeding on 

 frogs, li/ards, fishes, small quadrupeds, and occasionally 

 young birds. They migrate in large bands, living in con- 

 tinuous or angular lines ; nestle generally in high places, 

 and lay three or tour elliptical light-coloured eggs. The young- 

 re main in the nest until tledged. 



J-27. CICONIA ALBA. WHITE STOKK. 



Bare part of the sides of the head very small and smooth 

 loral spaces feathered: bill and feet red; plumage white 

 the quills, larger coverts, alula, and scapulars black. 



Male, 4-2, 7f>. _>;. 7 Y V> 8 A, 3, A- 



Although extensively dispersed, and common in Holland, 

 during the summer, this species is now very seldom met with 

 in England. In the museum of tho University of Edinburgh 

 is an individual shot in Mainland, Shetland, and presented 

 by Mr M. Cameron. 



Ardea (Mconia. I.iuu. S\M. Nat. i. 2;5. Ardea Ciconia, 

 Lath. I ml. Ornith. ii. (>7l>.-~ ^icouia alba, Temm. Man. 

 d'Ornith. ii. ri(>0. Cicouia alba. White Stork. MacGillivray , 

 l>rit. Birds, vol. iv. 



2*2i>. CICONIA NIGRA. BLACK STORK. 



Bare part of the sides of the head very small and smooth ; 

 loral space's partly bare; bill ami feet red: plumage browu- 

 ish-black, glossed with purp' > ami green: breast and abdo- 

 men white. The young, aciordiug to M. Temminck, have 

 the bill and feet olive-green, the head and nock bro\vuish-ivd, 

 the feathers bordered with reddish ; the body, wings, and 

 tail blackish-brown, with slight bluish and greenish reflec- 

 tions. 



Male. *, . . , 20J, 7i, 8J, 3 T \, A. 



Generally dispersed over the eastern and middle parts of 

 the continent, and occurs occasionally in the northern and 

 western. Only four instances of its capture in Britain a re- 

 recorded ; the tirst by Montagu, iu Somersetshire, the second 



