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BRITISH BIRDS, 
STORK, 
OR, WHITE STORK. 
Ciconlai Lin , — La Cigogne, BufF.) 
The White Stork is fmaller than the Crane, but 
much larger than the Heron : its length, from the 
point of the bill to the end of the tail is three feet 
fix inches ^ and its breadth, from tip to tip, above 
fix feet. The bill is of a fine red colour, and its 
length, from the tip to the corners of the mouth is 
feven inches ; the legs and bare part of the thighs 
are alfo of the fame colour ^ the former below the 
