Srork. GRALLATORES. CICONIA. 47 
jn immense flocks, and, as if to try the strength of pinion of 
the recently produced brood, make several short excursions, 
and are much in motion among themselves. After these 
trials of capability, they suddenly take flight, rise high into 
the air, and wing their way with great swiftness to the dis- 
tant climes in which they pass our hiemal months ; and where, 
it is said, they sometimes produce a second brood. Of the 
extent of such flocks, some idea may be formed from Dr 
Shaw’s account of those which he witnessed leaving Egypt, 
and passing over Mount Carmel, each of which was half a 
mile in breadth, and occupied a space of three hours in pass- 
ing over. When it sleeps, the Stork, like the Cranes, al- 
ways stands upon one leg, with the neck bent, and the bill 
resting upon the breast. It frequently makes a loud clatter- 
ing noise, by bringing the mandibles of the bill into quick and 
forcible contact the one within the other; which peculiarity 
also belongs to the other species.—The food of this bird con- Food. 
sists of fish, amphibia, moles, mice, insects, and worms, and os 
frequently the young of ducks and other water-fowl ; indeed 37005. 0. nv 
nothing of animal nature seems to come amiss to its appetite, 4.4 «¢ 
though Willoughby informs us that one taken in Norfolk, “““-4« 
and kept alive for some time, refused toads. 
Piate 11. Represents the Stork of nearly one-half the size 
of nature, taken from a fine specimen in the collection 
of Sir Wittiam Jarpine, Bart. 
The bill and legs are red; the naked orbits of the eyes General 
are black ; the irides brown. .The whole of the body is pee 
of a pure unsullied white, with the exception of the 
greater wing coverts, scapulars, and quills, which are 
black. The young are similar to the old birds, except 
that the black of the wings is not so intense, and the 
bill is of a reddish-brown colour. 
