Flamingo Stork. 1 9 1 



68. Another very tall bird similar in shape to 

 the Heron is the RED FLAMINGO. It is a swim- 

 mer and wader. With its webbed feet it digs 

 in the mud for worms, insects, and small fishes. 



69. It is found in the marshes, lakes, and rivers of 

 Asia, Africa, and the warm parts of Europe. It is about 

 as tall as a man. 



70. The WHITE STORK is also a long-legged 

 wader. It is noted for its intelligence and is 

 very observing, readily judging of the feelings 

 entertained toward it by the people on whose 

 house-tops or chimney-tops it wishes to build 

 its great, rough nest. 



71. In Holland and Germany, which Storks visit 

 every year, some of these birds become very tame and 

 play with the children in the streets. Their feet are not 

 webbed. Are Storks swimmers ? You will observe that 

 all birds which have webbed feed are good swimmers, but 

 very clumsy walkers, as the Goose, Swan and Duck. 



72. When the time arrives for Storks to leave their nests 

 and migrate, they have been known to kill their sick ; but, 

 on the other hand, they are generally kind to each other, 

 and the young have been noticed to watch anxiously over 

 the aged and helpless of their kind, bringing them food 

 and otherwise tenderly caring for them. 



73. The Stork passes the winter in Egypt, where, like 

 the VULTURE, another large bird, it feeds on garbage, car- 

 rion and other such substances, thus preventing the spread 

 of disease among the people who are too indolent to 

 cleanse their streets. It is about as tall as a boy nine 

 vears of age four feet. 



