STRANGE BIRDS AND THEIR WAYS. 



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close on the smooth forehead, like hair neatly combed 

 back ; the brown eye twinkles with clear, honest expression, 

 in which, however, there is a touch of roguery, from out the 

 black rings of the mark not unlike spectacles. The visor 

 terminates very comically in a long, grotesque beak-nose, 



The Stork. 



which, be it observed, is a weapon also to insure respect. 

 In gait, demeanor, manner, a pedantic pathos is expressed, 

 reminding us of hoops and hair-powder, rapiers, high- 

 heeled shoes, and minuets. The stork is indeed an old- 

 fashioned figure, seemingly most in keeping with the slow 

 paced burghers of his beloved Holland. 



