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exception of the breast and abdomen, which are white, is black, 
with green and purple inflections ; the bill, orbits, bare part 
of the throat, and legs, are deep crimson, but in the young 
birds of a greenish slate colour ; length, three feet two inches. 
We have now two species of the genus Ciconia recorded as 
British, the White Stork having been figured and described 
by Bewick, in his “ History of British Birds.” 
