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the body of his mate, till we carried it away as a present 

 to a neighbouring bird-stuffer ; and he still continues 

 with us in a state of widowhood, as he is unable to 

 make a journey to his native home and find a new 

 wife for himself. 



Storks in captivity do not show any restlessness at 

 their usual times of migration ; but after that period, 

 it is advisable to house them at night, and in bad 

 weather : in midwinter they had better not be in the 

 open air more than the three or four finest hours of the 

 day. They get so used to this sort of shelter, that they 

 will have it when the regular time comes. No dissipated 

 lodger, locked out for exceeding all respectable hours 

 of return, knocks to be let in with more determination, 

 than does my poor shivering Stork insist on being ad- 

 mitted on a winter's afternoon. If he happen to be on 

 the island, and the gate on the bridge is closed, he will 



Foot of White Stork one fourth natural size. 



take to the water, though it is much beyond his depth, 

 and swim across most determinedly. In this he is 



