STORK . — Ciconia Alba. 
The Stork is another of the birds which, in olden days, were tolerably fre- 
quent visitors to the British Islands, but which now seldom make their appearance 
in such inhospitable regions, where food is scarce and guns are many. 
It is sufficiently common in many parts of Europe, where it migrates yearly 
from its winter quarters in Africa, makes its nest and rears its young. In some 
countries it is rigidly protected by common consent, on account of the service 
which it renders in the destruction of noisome reptiles and unpleasant cffal. 
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