THK SrORK3. 
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Eggs.— From four to seven in number ; uniform brownish- 
obve. Axis, i'85-2-o inches; diam., 
THE STORKS. SUB-ORDER CICONII. 
The Storks are very closely allied to the Heron, and have a 
bridged, or “ desmognathous,” palate. They differ, however m 
several important particulars from the foregoing birds,^as they 
have no powder-down patches, and no pectination, or 
like process, on the middle toe. Both toes are webbed at the 
base, the outer one especially, but the chief difference is found 
in the position of the hind-toe, or hallux, which is elevated 
above the plane of the other toes, and is not on the same level 
with them. 
THE TRUE STORKS. GENUS CICONIA. 
Ciconia, Briss. Orn. v. p. 361 (1760). 
Type, C. ciconia (I-.). 
As regards the British species, the characters given above 
are sufficient to distinguish the Storks from the Heions and 
Ibises. 
I. THE WHITE STORK. CICONt.t CICONI.V. 
Ardea ciconia, Linn. Syst. Nat. i. p. 235 (1766). 
Ciconia alba, Bechst. Naturg. Ueutschl. 111. p. 45 0793 ); 
Macg.Br. B. iv. p. 481 (1852) ; Dresser, B. vi- P- 
2Q7 d 1 405 (1873); B. O. U. List Br. B. p. 112 (1883) , 
sSobrnt I,: B.™p. 5 »S (tBSl) ; S.™nde,s, .i to Ur. 
B. iv. p. 219 (1S84); id. Man. Br. B. p. 375 (1889), 
Lilford, Col. Fig. Br. B. part xxiii. {1893). 
[Plate LXX.) 
Adult Male.— General colour white above and below ; the 
s apulars, greater wing-coverts, and the quills black, with a 
grey powdering on the outer web of the secondaries ; bill dull 
vermilion; feet a little lighter vermilion, more of a salmon- 
red ; bare skin of face round the eye black ; ms black. 1 otal 
length, 36 inches; culmen, 8-3; wing, 23*5 ; tail, 9-8 ; tarsus, 
8 - 8 . 
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