. A natural history of birds : illustrated with a hundred and one copper plates, curiously engraven from the life . mm. (co^/ua (7u^a J/A^ ,J &^/^K I (59)The common or white Stork. Ciconia alba; Numb. LXIV. T is bigger tban the common Hern: its Neck thickerand Ihorter having but fourteen Vertebras ia Num-ber; its Bill is longyiharp pointed, and red, the Noflrilsoblong; the under Mandible black attheBafe; the Pupilof the Eye of a dark purpliili Colour; the Eye-browsdusky, under the Eye a Border oi orange Colour, like-wife a Spot of the fame Colour on each fide the Chin;the Head, Neck, Back, Bel
. A natural history of birds : illustrated with a hundred and one copper plates, curiously engraven from the life . mm. (co^/ua (7u^a J/A^ ,J &^/^K I (59)The common or white Stork. Ciconia alba; Numb. LXIV. T is bigger tban the common Hern: its Neck thickerand Ihorter having but fourteen Vertebras ia Num-ber; its Bill is longyiharp pointed, and red, the Noflrilsoblong; the under Mandible black attheBafe; the Pupilof the Eye of a dark purpliili Colour; the Eye-browsdusky, under the Eye a Border oi orange Colour, like-wife a Spot of the fame Colour on each fide the Chin;the Head, Neck, Back, Belly, and covert Feathers ofthe Wings white; the quill Feathers of the Wings wereblack; the Tail ihort and white ; the Legs and Feet redand bare above the Knees; the Claws dusky and iliapedlike human Nails: their Food is Frogs, Snails, &c. Theyare Natives of Holland, breeding on the Tops of Houfes;they are alfo Birds of Paffage, coming thither in theSpring, and going away at Michaelmas, but to whatPlace is uncertain, they not being found in any otherPart of the known World, and are feldom found in Eng--land
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