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 The common or "white Stork. Ciconia alba; 



Numb. LXIV. 



T is bigger tban the common Hern : its Neck thicker 

 and Ihorter having but fourteen Vertebras ia Num- 

 ber ; its Bill is longyiharp pointed, and red, the Noflrils 

 oblong; the under Mandible black attheBafe; the Pupil 

 of the Eye of a dark purpliili Colour ; the Eye-brows 

 dusky, under the Eye a Border oi orange Colour, like- 

 wife a Spot of the fame Colour on each fide the Chin; 

 the Head, Neck, Back, Belly, and covert Feathers of" 

 the Wings white; the quill Feathers of the Wings were 

 black; the Tail ihort and white ; the Legs and Feet red 

 and bare above the Knees; the Claws dusky and iliaped 

 like human Nails : their Food is Frogs, Snails, &c. They 

 are Natives of Holland, breeding on the Tops of Houfes ; 

 they are alfo Birds of Paffage, coming thither in the 

 Spring, and going away at Michaelmas, but to what 

 Place is uncertain, they not being found in any other 

 Part of the known World, and are feldom found in Eng-- 

 land in the Summer Time without being driven over by 

 a Storm, or brought over by fome curious Perfbn. I 

 faw two of thefe Birds at His Grace the Duke of Chan^^ 

 dos's at Edger in Middle/ex. 



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