It measured from tip to tip of the wings nearly seven 
feet ; from the point of the bill to the tail three feet ten 
inches ; and from the tip of the bill to the heel, four feet 
two inches ; it weighed nearly ten pounds. The sex was not 
observed. Bill nearly eight inches long, the upper mandible 
the longest, of a bright red colour ; irides dark ; the skin 
immediately surrounding the orbit lighter, with small white 
specks, like pearls, at regular distances; legs long and 
' coarse; claws short and blunt. 
The Stork is common to many parts of Europe, but it 
rarely visits this country ; it feeds on reptiles and amphibian, 
on which account it is held sacred in many countries, where 
it is provided with boxes to breed in, and its destruction is 
attended with heavy penalties. Its nest is formed of a large 
quantity of sticks, placed loosely together ; and it lays four 
or five eggSj larger than those of the Turkey but less than 
the Common Goose egg; the colour is sullied white, or 
wliite with blotches of yellowish buff colour. 
Id those countries where the Stork abounds, its migra- 
tions have long been noticed for their regularity in going 
and returning. On the approach of Autumn they congregate 
in immense flocks. Dr. Shaw saw three flights of them 
leaving Egypt, and passing over' Mount Carmel, each half 
a mile in breadth ; and he says, they were three hours in 
passing over. 
Our specimen was observed to rest generally on one 
leg, in which posture it is said usually to sleep ; its actions 
were much like those of the Common Heron. Its flesh was 
of a deep blood colour, very oflbnsive in taste and smelL 
