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the base reticulate ; claws short, convex, obtuse. Plumage 
moderately full, and generally compact ; feathers of the head 
and neck oblong, of the lower parts of the neck elongated ; 
scapulars very large and broad ; wings long, ample, of thirty 
quills, the third longest ; tail rather short, rounded, of 
twelve feathers. 
The Storks reside chiefly in marshy places, feeding on 
frogs, lizards, fishes, small quadrupeds, and occasionally 
young birds. They migrate in large bands, flying in con- 
tinuous or angular lines ; nestle generally in high places, 
and lay three or four elliptical light-coloured eggs. The young 
remain in the nest until fledged. 
227. ClCONIA ALBA. WHITE STORK. 
Bare part of the sides of the head very small and smooth 
loral spaces feathered ; bill and feet red ; plumage white 
the quills, larger coverts, alula, and scapulars black. 
Male, 42, 76, 25,7tV, 8*, 3, T V 
Although extensively dispersed, and common in Holland, 
during the summer, this species is now very seldom met with 
in England. In the museum of the University of Edinburgh 
is an individual shot in Mainland, Shetland, and presented 
by Mr M. Cameron. 
Ardea Ciconia, Linn. Syst. Nat. i. 235.— Ardea Ciconia, 
Lath. Ind. Ornith. ii. 676.— Ciconia alba, Temm. Man. 
d’Ornith. ii. 560.— Ciconia alba, White Stork, MacGillivray, 
Brit. Birds, vol. iv. 
228. Ciconia nigra. Black Stork. 
Bare part of the sides of the head very small and smooth ; 
loral spaces partly bare ; bill and feet red ; plumage brown- 
ish-black, glossed with purple and green ; breast and abdo- 
men white. The young, according to M. Temminck, have 
the bill and feet olive-green, the head and neck brownish-red, 
the feathers bordered with reddish ; the body, wings, and 
tail blackish-brown, with slight bluish and greenish reflec- 
tions. 
Male, 38, . . , 20^-, 7^> 8^, 3 T 3 ^, y 5 ^. 
Generally dispersed over the eastern and middle parts of 
the continent, and occurs occasionally in the northern and 
western. Only four instances of its capture in Britain are 
recorded ; the first by Montagu, in Somersetshire, the second 
