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&c. I have never heard Storks utter any cry, but during the 

 breeding season they make a great clattering with their bills. 

 They affect the vicinity of man greatly and usually build 

 on a barn or house, making a huge nest of sticks lined with 

 rass or any soft material, but they frequently build on trees. 

 The eggs, 3 to 5 in number, are usually laid late in May, and 

 are pure white, measuring about 3'15 by 2'17. 



810. JAPANESE STORK. 

 CICONIA BOYCIANA. 



<AConia boyclana, Swinli. P.Z.S. 1873, p. 513 ; David and Oust. Ois. 

 Chine, p. 450 ; Seebohm, B. Jap. Emp. p. 228 ; Sharpe, Cat. B. Br. 

 Mug. xxvi. p. 302 ; Tacz. F. O. Sib. 0. p. 973. 



Ko-dzuru, Jap. 



<$ ad. (Japan). Differs from C. alba in being larger, in having the beak 

 black, not red, the eye-lids and bare skin round the eye vermilion red ; 

 the iris cream white, with a black exterior circle. Culmen 9'5, wing 26'0, 

 tail 9'7, tarsus 11-0. 



Hal. Eastern Siberia, Mongolia, Corea, and Japan; of 

 doubtful occurrence in China. 



In habits it does not appear to differ from C. alba, but is 

 not so tame, and does not so much affect the vicinity of man. 

 It nests in trees and lays white eggs, which resemble those 

 of that species (C. alba), but measure 3'0 by 2*28. 



811. BLACK STORK. 

 CICONIA NIGRA. 



Ciconia nigra (Linn.), Syst. Nat. i. p. 235 (1766) ; Naum. ix. p. 279, Taf. 

 229 ; Hewitson, ii. p. 319, pi. Ixxxiv. fig. 2 ; Gould, B. of E. iv. pi. 

 284 ; id. B. of Gt. Brit. iv. pi. 31 ; Dresser, vi. p. 309, pi. 406 ; David 

 and Oust. Ois. Chine, p. 450 ; Sharpe, Cat. B. Br. Mus. xxvi. p. 303 ; 

 Tacz. F. 0. Sib. 0. p. 975 ; Blanf. F. Brit. Ind. Birds, iv. p. 369 ; 

 Saunders, p. 389 ; Lilford, vii. p. 45, pi. 16. 



Cigogne noir, French ; Gegonlia preta, Portug. ; Ciguena negra, 

 Span. ; Cigogna nera, Ital ; Schwarzer Storck, German ; Sort 

 Stork, Dan. ; Svart Stork, Swed. ; Tscherno'i Aist, Russ. ; 

 Balazdn, Arab. ; Surmai, Hindu. 



$ ad. (Brunswick). Head, neck, back, wings, and tail black with 

 metallic gloss ; lower breast and under parts white ; beak, naked skin round 



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