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BIRDS. GRALLiE. 50. Ardea. 
White; temples and front naked, red, wrinkled; 10 firfl 
quill-feathers fhining black ; bill and legs red. 
Siberian Cr. 
Inhabits the vaft marlby flats of SibcTUi ; feeds on reptiles, 
worms and fmall fifh ; (lands 4^ feel high.. 
pm ferrate ; irids pale while; tail with le fubequa! feathers ; 
the year old bird is tawnyifh, beneath white ; face and hg^ 
grtenilli-browii. 
C. Storks. Orbits tiakeJ. 
White ; orbits and cuill-fcathers black ; bill, legs and (kin 
rei ^VJiite S. 
Inhabits Europe, Afia and Africa ; 3 feet 3 inches long ; feeds 
on fifh and reptiles, and is in ibrne countries held facred for 
its life in deftroymg ferpents ; fieeps on one leg ; in autumn 
migrates in vad and orderly flocks to the fei.s of E^ypt and 
Barbary ; greater toing-coverts black. 
White ; orbits and legs red ; bill cinereous ; upper tail and 
greater wing-coverts, quill-feathers and fcaptilars 
blacJj. American S, 
Inhabits the warmer parts of America : 3k feet long. 
Bill g inches long, the bafe yellowifh-grecn ; irids filveiy; 
feathers of the throat long, lax ; clazos broad, flat. 
Brown ; bread apd belly white. , . ^ 
Inhabits Europe and AJia : 2 feet g inches long ; is tumd, ar^ 
retires into thick woods and inaccclTible fens ; feeds on filh 
Bill greenifh-grey tipt with whitilh ; feathers of the hind-head 
and under the neck long ; neck and fides of the head ihining 
azure ; legs red. 
D. Herons. Middle claw ferrate Inwardly. 
Glaucous, beneath dirty-white ; bill a little triangular. 
Gigantic H- 
Inhabits India and Africa : 7 feet high when ftanding ; do- 
cile, eafily tamed and very voracious ; feeds on fifh, birds 
and reptiles. , , ^ 
Bill of many colours, 1 6 inches round at the bafe ; gap® c v 
mouth very large ; head and neck nakedKh ; in the mi e o 
the neck is a long membranous conic bag, thinly covereq 
tvith down ; quill-feathers brown ; lege black. 
