COLLECTION OF BIRDS. 3y5 



The first has been long celebrated for its regular 

 migrations in large and regular flights, from 

 the south to the north in the autumn, and in 

 spring from north to south. 



The storks {ciconia, Cuv.) are placed in the 

 forty-third case. The first is the European, so 

 common in Holland and the north of Europe. 

 They migrate like the cranes, and in the spring 

 return to the nest which they had built the pre- 

 ceding year on steeples and chimneys. It is a 

 common belief with the lower class of people 

 in some countries, and particularly in Flanders, 

 that there is an impending calamity upon the 

 house to which the storks do not resort. Imme- 

 diately after follow seven other species, amongst 

 which we will only cite the ardea dub la and 

 a. crumenifera ; the former lives in great num- 

 bers in the Philippine islands and Bengal, where 

 it is called the adjutant. They are so useful for 

 purging the towns from all sorts of animal re- 

 mains, that no one is allowed to kill them. They 

 have however been much sought for, since the 

 custom has been introduced of wearing as an 

 ornament the under feathers of their tail, which 

 are well known under the name of maraboo 

 plumes, as well as those of the latter species 

 which is from Senegal. 



On the upper shelf of the forty-fourth case 



