WHITE STORK (Ciconia alba). 
Length: 3!/2 feet. Range: Europe. 
This most famous of birds 
breeds in great numbers in some 
parts of Europe. Its habit of nest¬ 
ing on chimney tops may account 
for the popular superstition con¬ 
cerning its role as a deliverer of 
new-born babies. 
New York Zoological Society , 
SHOE-BILL STORK (Ba- 
laeniceps rex). Height: 
5 feet. Range: Egypt: 
along the White Nile. 
Abu markub or “he 
of the shoe” the Arabs 
call this queer bird. He 
is as shy as his Euro¬ 
pean cousin is sociable, 
and lives near ponds re¬ 
mote from human habi¬ 
tations. 
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