SIBIRIAN CRANE, AND WHITE STORK. 455 



B. SiBiRiAN Crake. Grus Leucogeranos, /"iz/Z^^ Zr/«. ij. 714, — Latham, viu 



With a red bill like the former, ferrated near the end : face 

 naked beyond the. eyes : coverts and primaries black : all the 

 reft of the bird of a fnowy whitenefs: legs red. Its height is four 

 feet and a half. 



Inhabits the vaft moralTes of Sibiria, and every part where lakes Place. 



abound -, and penetrates far north into the boggy forefts about the 

 Ifchim, Irtijh, and Oby. Makes its neft among the inacceffible 

 reeds, with layers of plants. Lays two great grey eggs, ftreaked 

 with numerous duflcy lines. Makes a clamorous noife, and that 

 frequently, efpecially during its flight. Feeds on fmall fifh, frogs, 

 and lizards. Winters ufually about the Cafpian fea. Obferved to 

 migrate in fpring northward along the courfe of the JVoIga, always 

 in pairs *. 



C. White Stork. .Ardea Ciconia. St.orck, Paun. Suec, N° 162.— La Cigogne, Z)^ 

 Buffon, vii. 253. — PL Enl. 866. — Latham, iii. — Lev. Mus. 



T_T^ With red bill and legs : primaries black : the reft of the plu- 

 mage white : fkin of the color of blood. Larger than the 

 common Heron. 



Inhabits moft parts of EuropBy except England. In -the weft of Plj-ce. 



Rujfia, is not found beyond 50 degrees north, nor to the eaft of 

 Mo/cow, It appears in Sweden in Jpril ; retires in AuguJl-\ : does 

 not reach Norway, unlefs tempeft-driven. 



This fpecies is femi-domeftic : haunts towns and cities ; and in 

 many places ftalks unconcerned about the ftreets, in fearch of offals 

 and other food. Removes the noxious filth, and clears the fields of 

 ferpents and reptiles. They are, on that account, proteded in Hol- 

 land ; held in high veneration by the Mahomedans -, and fo greatly 



* Eiitraiis, ii. 146. f Amisn, A^d. iv. 588. 



5 refpeded 



