THE STORKS 
THE WHITE STORK 
Ciconia alba 
The White Stork is white all over, save for all the true 
wing feathers, which are black. Beak and bare skin round 
eye, legs and feet, bright red; eyes brown. Total length, 
44 inches. 
THE BLACK STORK 
Ciconia nigra 
The Black Stork is a bronzy black with purple and green 
reflections all over head, neck, back, and wings. The lower 
parts white, and beak and bare skin, legs and feet, bright red ; 
eyes brown. Total length, 42 inches. 
Facine page 1 is shown a White Stork flying, and 
the fact that all Storks, in distinction to Herons, 
fly with their heads and their legs stretched out to 
their fullest extent, has been already pointed out. 
This Stork is nearly always seen in large flocks, and 
there must be ten to one of the white to the black 
species. The white bird is eminently a gregarious 
bird, sociable with its fellows, and this sociability 
extends also to mankind ; and most have seen the 
old wheels stuck on poles and rough platforms 
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