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tion; and is feen refling familiarly in their (Ireets, 
where it is protefted as well by the laws as the pre- 
judices of that people. They have even adopted 
the idea that it will live only in a republic; and 
the ftory of it's filial piety, firfl: propagated of the 
crane, though without foundation, has in part been 
afcribed to the Stork. But it is not in republics 
alone that the Stork is known to refide, as there 
are few towns on the Continent in low, mn.rfhy 
fituations, tliat have not this bird as an ir.mate 
among them. 
The Stork appears to be a general favourite 
among the moderns; but the ancient Egyptians 
carried their regard to it even to adoration. This 
enlightened people, who worfnipped the Deity in 
his creatures, paid divine honours to tb,e ibis, as 
is univerfally knov/n ; and it has been ufually fup- 
pofed that the ancient ibis was the fame with that 
which at prefent goes by the fame name, a bird of 
the Stork kind, about the fize of the curlev/, en- 
tirely black, with a ftrong bill, terminating in a 
fharp point, for the better feizing it's prey, namely, 
locufts, ferpents, and caterpillars. 
But however beneficial the modern ibis may 
have been in ridding Egypt of the vermin and 
venomous animals with which it is infefted, it is 
queftionable whether this be the fame ibis to 
which the ancients paid their adoration. Maillet, 
the French conful at Cairo, obferves, that it is 
verv difficult to determine with certainty what 
bird the ancient ibis was, becaufe there are cranes, 
Storks, hawks, kites, and falcons, which are all 
equally inimical to ferpents. He adds, that in 
the month of May, when the winds begin to blov/ 
from the internal parts of Africa, feveral forts of 
birds defcend from Upper Egypt, from whence 
they are driven by the heavy rains in fearch of 
more commodious habitations; and that then they 
render this country fuch fignal fervices. 
Nor does the figure of this bird, hieroglyphi- 
cally reprefentcd by the Egyptians in their fculp- 
tures, fufiiciently mark it to make the diftinflion 
obvious. Befides, the modern ibis is not pecu- 
liar to Egypt, as it is to be feen there only at par- 
ticular feafons ; whereas Pliny informs us that this 
bird never migrated to any other part of the 
world. It is therefore conjedured, with mofc ap- 
pearance of probability, that the true ibis is a 
bird of the vulture kind, called by fome the Ca- 
pon of Pharaoh. 
The white Stork is fometimes feen on theEng- 
llfh coaftsj but it never breeds in this ifland. 
Stork, Black; the Ardea Niger of Linnaeus. 
This is the modern ibis of Egypt. It is fome- 
what fmailer than the white Stork: the head, 
neck, back, and wings, are black, with a greenilli 
caft; the eye-lids are naked; the bread, belly, and 
fides, are white; and the beak and legs are green. 
Stork, American. This bird is of the lliape 
and fize of the common Stork, and partly of the 
fame colour. The feet are red ; and the tail is 
Ihort and white. The head, neck, and whole 
body, are covered with a fiiow-white plumage, as 
are alfo the wings at their beginnings; but near 
the back they are black, witii a Shining greenilh 
glofs. The bill, from the bafe to the middle 
part, is of a greenilh yellow hue; but the remain- 
der is of a blueifh afli. It fnaps with it's bill like 
the common Stork. 
STORM FINK, or LITTLE PETPJIL; 
the Porcellaria Pelagica of Linnfcus. This bird 
is fomewhat larger than the coma-iOn fparrow ; and 
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entirely black, except the coverts of the tail and 
the vent-feathers, which are white. The bill is 
hooked at the extremity; the noftrils are tubular; 
and the legs are long and flender. It poffefles 
the fam.e faculty of fpouting oil from it's bill as 
the other fpecies of Petrels; and fiiims along the 
lurface of the water with reinarkable rapidity. 
When large flocks of thefe birds make their ap- 
pearance, tlie mariners prepare againfc a ftorm, 
which they know by experience is never far off. 
STRAPAZINO. An Italian appellation for 
a bird of the wheat-ear kind, with a v/hite rump 
and tail, and a brownifii yellow head and back. 
It's wings are variegated with black and yellow; 
it's beak is of a brownifh yellow colour; and it's 
throat, bread, and belly, are of a veilowifh white. 
STREPSICEROS. An appellarion given by 
Ray to the Cretan fheep. See Sheep. 
STRILLOZZO. A name by which the Ita- 
lians exprefs the embcriza alba, or bunting. How- 
ever, fome are of opinion that the Striliozzo fpe- 
cifically differs from our bunting. 
STRIVALE. An appellation given by fome 
ichthyologies to the aper, or boar-fifh. 
STRIX. A claflical name for the fcreech- 
owl. See Owl. 
STROMBUS. A genus of fliclls nearly allied 
to the buccina, and called turbo by the generality 
of conchologifbs. 
In the Linn^ean fyflem, the Strombus is a ge- 
nus of the teftacea order of worms : the charafters 
of which are; the inclofed animal is a Aug; the 
fliell is univalve and fpiral; the opening is much 
dilated; and the lip expanded, and terminating in 
a groove. Linnasus enumerates twenty-three fpe- 
cies. 
Pennant mentions only one fpecies, viz. the 
pes pelicani, or cormorant's foot, found on the 
Britifh (hores. 
STROMLINGUS. An appellation given by 
fome ichthyologies to the aras of the Greeks, 
which appears to be fynonymous with our com- 
mon herring. 
STRUNTJAGGER. A name by which fome 
ornithologies exprefs the Arftic-bird, or Larus 
Parafiticus of Linnaeus. It is a fpecies of gull 
abounding in the Hebrides and Orkneys, with 
a dufky hooked bill, and narrov/ noftrils. In the 
male, the crown of the head is black; the back, 
wings, and tail, are duHcy; the hind part of the 
neck and the lower fide of the body are white; 
the tail is compofed of twelve feathers; and the 
legs are black, fmall, and fcaly. The female is 
entirely brown, 
Thefe birds purfue the lefler gulls till they mute 
through fear; when darting after their excrements, 
they catch them before they reach the water; and 
hence are fometimes called dung-hunters. 
STRUTHIO. See Ostrich. 
STRUTHIOPTERI. A term by which fome 
writers on the infeft clafs exprefs a feries of flies, 
which never feed on flefh, but are always found 
on flowers and the leaves of plants. There are 
feveral fpecies of this kind; and in general they 
are early flies, appearing in the vernal feafon. 
STURGEON; the Accipenfer Sturioof Lin- 
nfEus. This fifli belongs to that clafs which fome 
ichthyologies term anadromi, from it's fpending 
part of it's time in the fea, and part in rivers. It 
grows fometimes to the prodigious fize of eigh- 
teen feet,- and to the v/eight of five hundred 
1 pounds ; but feldom attains that magnitude in our 
4 K rivers. 
