620 



BLACK STORK. 



upper tail -coverts are dusky, glossed with green : 

 a large naked space on the upper part of the 

 throat, which is capable of dilatation, is of a fine 

 Vermillion hue, as is also the skin which surrounds 

 the eyes : the beak is of a greenish yellow at the 

 base, and grey-blue at the tip : the feet are red, 

 the claws are brown, and the irides are white. 



This bird inhabits various parts of America, 

 though several have been killed in France, but 

 these were accidental visitors. It is said to be 

 good food, and to snap with the beak like the 

 common species. 



BLACK STORK. 



(Ciconia nigra.) 



Ci. nigra, orhitis nudis coccineis, pectore abdomineque alho. 

 Black Stork, with the orbits naked^ and crimson j the breast and 



abdomen white. 

 Ciconia nigra. Raii. Syn, 97. 2. — Leach. Cat, Brit, Mus. p. 33. 

 Ciconia fusca. Briss. Orn. 5. 302. 1. pi, 31. 

 Ardea nigra. Linn, Syst. Nat. 1. 235. 8. — Linn. Faun, Suec. 



163. — GmeL Syst. Nat. 1. 623. — Lath. Lnd. Orn, 2. 677. 11. 

 Cicogne noire. Bitf, Ois. 7. 27 \.— Buff, Fl, Enl. Sgg.-^Temm, 



Man, d'Orni. 35g, 

 Black Stork. Penn. Arct. Zool, 2. 456. d. — Will, {Ang) 286. 



pi, 52. — All), Birds. 3. pi, 82. — Lath. Gen. Syn. 5, 50, 11. — 



Mont. Linn. Trans, xii. I9. 



This bird is in length about three feet : its 

 head, neck, the whole of the upper parts of the 



