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exception of the breast and abdomen, which are white, is black, 

 with green and purple inflections; the bill, orbits, bare part 

 of the throat, and legs, are deep crimson, but in the young 

 birds of a greenish slate colour ; length, three feet two inches. 



We have now two species of the genus Ciconia recorded as 

 British, the White Stork having been figured and described 

 by Bewick, in his " History of British Birds." 



