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fen countries. It skulks among the reeds and sedges. Its usual 

 attitude is, having the neck and head erect, and the beak pointed 

 directly upwards. It will allow persons to approach it very closely 

 without rising. When wounded and unable to escape, it has been 

 known to strike boys and sportsmen. It generally flies about in 

 the dusk of the evening, and it rises in a spiral ascent till it is out 

 of sight. It makes a strange noise when it is among the reeds 

 and a very different sound at night when it rises upon the wing 

 Willoughby writes, " This, without doubt, is that bird our common 

 people call the night^raven, and have such a dread of, imagining 

 that its ery portends no less than their death, or the death of some 

 of their near relations." 



The Stork. 



The Stork is extensively found throughout Europe, Asia 

 and Africa In Holland storks are very abundant, and are encou- 



