BIRDS. 
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THE STORK. (Ciconia alba.) 
THE neck, head, breast, and body of this bird are white, 
the rump and exterior feathers of the wings black ; the 
eyelids naked ; the tail white, and the legs long, slender, 
and of a reddish colour. Storks are birds of passage. 
When leaving Europe, they assemble together on some 
particular night, and all take their flight at once. As 
they feed on frogs, lizards, serpents, and other noxious 
creatures, it is not to be expected that man should be 
inimical to them, and therefore they have been generally 
