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though well known, appears not to be abundant in Spain. I only once saw it in that country ; 

 this was on the Isla Mazon, of the Guadalquivir, early in May 1872, as we were going by steamer 

 to San Lucan from Seville ; the bird was conspicuous amongst many hundreds of Ciconia alba 

 and several small parties of Otis tarda. Major Irby sent me an immature bird killed near 

 Seville. I have authentic information to the effect that this species nests in certain localities of 

 Central and Southern Spain." Mr. Howard Saunders, writing on the ornithology of Southern 

 Spain, states (Ibis, 1871, p. 393) : — " I did not meet with this species in Andalucia ; but specimens 

 are in several museums. Near the Montes de Toledo I knew of two nests this year, both in holes 

 of rocks, and saw the birds belonging to one of them, which it would have taken more time and 

 trouble to rob than the contents were worth." 



Passing eastward again we find it, according to Bailly, rare in Savoy, occurring principally 

 in the autumn, and but rarely during the spring migration. Savi also speaks of it as rare in 

 Tuscany; but, as young birds were obtained in August and September 1823, he is inclined to 

 believe that it has bred in that country. Professor Doderlein records its appearance in Sicily on 

 the passage, principally about Catania, Lentini, and Syracuse; also in the Nebrodiani mountains 

 some few pairs have been seen, but it has never been positively ascertained that they bred there. 

 In Sardinia, accoi'ding to Salvadori, it is more abundant than the White Stork. Mr. C. A. 

 Wright, who observed three in St. Julian's valley, Malta, in April 1852, records it (Ibis, 1864, 

 p. 144) as rare on that island. Lord Lilford, writing on the ornithology of the Ionian Islands 

 (Ibis, 1860, p. 347), says it "is very rare in these parts. The bird-stuffer at Corfu told me that 

 two specimens only had passed through his hands in the course of thirty years. One of these 

 was killed at Butrinto (Epirus), and the other in the island of Corfu." 



Lindermayer (Vog. Griech. p. 153) states that but few are seen in spring, but the young 

 birds are not unfrequently seen early in October. It does not breed in Greece ; but he saw 

 numbers in June on the Bosphorus. In Southern Germany the Black Stork is but a rare 

 visitant during migration. The Bitter von Tschusi-Schmidhofen writes to me that " in Bohemia 

 they are found only during migration now, although they were breeding there some years ago. 

 In Moravia one old male was killed in 1847 near the Paskaner lake, and a young male was shot 

 in September 1851. Some few individuals are to be met with annually during migration, 

 according to Schwab. The Imperial Museum at Vienna possesses several specimens killed some 

 years ago near that city. In Austria they are rare. There are specimens in the collection at 

 Linz, at Flonian, and Kremsmiinster. One specimen was killed on the Inn, near Saltzburg, in 

 1829 ; and another was obtained in August 1867 near Bregenz." Dr. Anton Fritsch also, writing 

 on the ornithology of Bohemia, states that it " appears now and then in Bohemia, as at Turnau 

 on the Iserwiesen, near Bumburg (Lokaj), at Jicin (Br. Sckier), and near Franzensbad (Palliardi). 

 Formerly it used to breed near Wittingau, but has not lately been observed there." In the 

 countries bordering on the lower Danube it is not common. When in Servia and Wallachia I 

 had it described to me, and was assured that it breeds there, but never succeeded in seeing a 

 specimen, either preserved or alive. Messrs. Elwes and Buckley write (Ibis, 1870, p. 334) that 

 " a pair is to be found here and there in most parts of Bulgaria. It arrives at the same time as 

 the White Stork, and is just as shy and solitary as the other is sociable. The nest is usually 

 built in a rock in a lonely situation, and is used for many consecutive years. We saw the Black 



