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and borders of pools in various parts of the world, where they prey on 
reptiles and small fish. Case 124. The white and black stork of Eng- 
land and Europe; American stork, &c. Case 125. Gigantic crane of 
India, &c. ; American jabiru; Senegal jabiru, & c. 
Cases 125, 126. The Ibises, which are inhabitants of the inun- 
dated places of various parts of the world, seeking for frogs, snails, 
and worms, &c. Case 125. The wood ibis of North America, &c. 
Case 126. Ethiopian ibis ; black-headed ibis of India ; New Holland 
ibis, &c. 
Case 127. The Godwits: these birds migrate according to the sea- 
son to various parts of the world ; their food is composed of small mol- 
luscous animals, worms, &c. ; as the common godwit, red godwit of 
England, terek snipe of Australia, &c. 
Case 128. The Totanince; these birds search among the gravel and 
stones of the banks of lakes and rivers for worms, insects, and mollus- 
cous animals, as the stagnile snipe of Europe ; greenshank snipe, com- 
mon sandpiper of England; and Bartram’s sandpiper; semipalmated 
snipe of North America. The Avocets are remarkable for the ex- 
treme length of their legs, which enables them to search the muddy 
shores or mouths of the rivers for small insects and spawn of fish, & c. : 
as the scooping avocet, long-legged plover, &c. 
Case 129. The Sandpipers are inhabitants of most parts of the 
world, seeking their food on the sea-shore and in marine marshes ; as 
the knot sandpiper, ruff sandpiper, purre sandpiper, lesser grey sand- 
piper, of England, &c. The Phalaropes are found on the sea-shores of 
the Arctic regions ; their food consists of crustacea, & c. ; as the red 
phalarope, grey phalarope, &c. 
Case 130. The True Snipes inhabit the thickest underwood, others 
seek the marshy districts ; their food consists of worms and insects ; as 
the woodcock, great snipe, common snipe, jack snipe of Britain, Cape 
snipe of India, &c. 
Case 131. The Jacanas, which inhabit the marshes of the warmer 
parts of the world, where they walk with facility on the floating leaves 
of aquatic plants, as the chestnut jacana of South America, Chinese 
jacana, &c. The Screamers are inhabitants of the inundated ground 
of South America; as the horned screamer and Chaja screamer. 
Case 132. The Rails live among the reeds on the borders of lakes, 
and in marshes, feeding on worms, &c. ; as the water rail, crake galli- 
nule, olivaceous gallinule of Britain, clapper rail of North America, Sec. 
Cases 133, 134. The Gallinules are found on the rivers and 
lakes, among the reeds, seeking their food, which consists of worms 
and larvae of insects, as the purple gallinule of Europe, black-backed 
gallinule of Australia, &c. ; Martinico gallinule of South America; 
common gallinule of Britain, Sec. 
Case 134. The Finfoots are peculiar to South America and 
Western Africa ; as the American finfoot, &c. 
Cases 135 — 166. The Web-footed Birds. 
Case 135. The Flamingos, which are found in the warmer parts 
Europe, &c. , on the banks of rivers and lakes, feeding on small shell 
fish, which they seize by inverting the head, to employ with advantage 
the crook of the upper mandible, as the red flamingo, &c. 
