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BLACK STORK. 
upper tail -coverts are dusky, glossed with green : 
a large naked space on the upper part of the 
throat, which is capable of dilatation, is of a fine 
Vermillion hue, as is also the skin which surrounds 
the eyes : the beak is of a greenish yellow at the 
base, and grey-blue at the tip : the feet are red, 
the claws are brown, and the irides are white. 
This bird inhabits various parts of America, 
though several have been killed in France, but 
these w^ere accidental visitors. It is said to be 
good food, and to snap with the beak like the 
common species. 
BLACK STORK. 
(Ciconia nigra.) 
Ci. nigra, orhitis nudis coccineis, pectore nbdomineqiie albo. 
Black Stork, with the orbits naked, and crimson j the breast and 
abdomen white. 
Ciconia nigra. Raii. Syn, gj. 2. — Leach. Cat. Brit, Mus. p. 33. 
Ciconia fusca. Briss. Orn. 5. 302. 1. pi. 31. 
Ardea nigra. Linn. Syst. Nat. 1. 235. 8. — Linn. Fann. Suec. 
l63- — Gmel. Syst. Nat. 1. 623. — Lath. Lnd. Orn. 2.677* tl* 
Cicogne noire. Buff. Ois. 7» 27 1. — Biff. FI. Enl. 399* — Temni. 
Man. d’Orni. 35Q. 
Black Stork. Penn. Arct. Zool. 2. 456. d . — Will, (Ang.) 286. 
pi. 52. — Alb. Birds. 3. pi. 82. — Lath. Gen. Syn. 5. 50. 11. — 
Mont. Linn. Trans, xii. 19- 
Tills bird is in length about three feet ; its 
head, neck, the whole of the upper parts of the 
