AMERICAN STORK. 6 19 
a mile in breadth ; and he says they were three 
hours in passing over. 
The Stork sleeps upon one leg, and previous to 
its migrations makes a singular snapping noise with 
its beak ; in doing this it is said to turn its head 
backwards, with the upper part of the beak placed 
on the rump, and the under set into the quickest 
motion, made to act on the other. The flesh of 
this bird is very rank, and is not fit for food. 
AMERICAN STORK. 
' (Ciconia Maguari.) 
Ci. alhay orhitis nudis coccineis, remigibus et tectridhus caud<£ su- 
perioribus nigro-virescentibus. 
White Stork, with the orbits naked, and crimson ; the quills and 
upper tail-coverts dusky green. 
Ciconia Americana. Briss. Orn. 5. SSp. 3. 
Ardea Maguari. Gmel. Syst. Nat. 1. 623. — Lath. Ind. Orn, 2. 
677. 10. 
Maguari. Ray, Syn. 97. 3. — Baff. Ois. 7. 275. 
Cicogne Maguari. Temm. Man. d' Orni. 360. 
American Stork. Lath. Gen. Syn. 5. 50. 10. 
Size of the common Stork : length about three 
feet four inches : the head, the neck, the back, 
the tail, and the whole of the under parts of the 
body, are of a pure white ; the feathers at the base 
of the neck are long and pendant : the wings and 
