. A history of British birds : the figures engraved on wood . nearly ten pounds; its gait is erecl,and its figure tall and slender. This species is widely spread, and, in its migrations,performs the boldest and most distant journies, « Marking the tracts of air, the clamorous Cranes*< Wheel their due flight, in varied lines descried ; And each with out-stretchd neck his rank maintains In marshalld order through the ethereal void. In the summer they spread themselves over the north ofEurope and Asia as far as the arctic circle, and in thewinter are met with in the warmer regions of India,Syr
. A history of British birds : the figures engraved on wood . nearly ten pounds; its gait is erecl,and its figure tall and slender. This species is widely spread, and, in its migrations,performs the boldest and most distant journies, « Marking the tracts of air, the clamorous Cranes*< Wheel their due flight, in varied lines descried ; And each with out-stretchd neck his rank maintains In marshalld order through the ethereal void. In the summer they spread themselves over the north ofEurope and Asia as far as the arctic circle, and in thewinter are met with in the warmer regions of India,Syria, Egypt, &c. and at the Cape of Good Hope. Thecourse of their flight is discovered by the loud noise theymake, for they soar to such a height as to be hardly visi-ble to the naked eye. Like the Wild Geese, they form . F 44< BRITISH BIRDS. themselves into different figures, describing a wedge,a triangle, or a circle. It is said that they formerly vi-sited the fens and marshes of tliis island in large flocks,Jjut they have now entirely forsaken THE STORK, OR, WHITE STORK.[Ardea Ciconia, Lin.—La Cigogne, Buff.) The White Stork is smaller than the Crane, but muchlarger than the Heron : its length, from the point of thebill to the end of the tail, is three feet six inches; andits breadth, from tip to tip, above six feet. The bill isof a fine red colour, and its length, from the tip to thecorners of the mouth is seven inches 5 the legs and bare BRITISH BIRDS. ^s part of the thighs are also of the same colour; the formerbelow the knees measure eight inches, and the latter plumage is of a bright white, except the quills,greater coverts, and some of the scapulars, which areblack J the eyes are dark and full, the orbits bare of fea-thers, and of a dusky reddish hue. The neck is longand arched ; the feathers near the breast, like those ofthe Heron, are long and pendulous ; the secondary quillsare nearly of the same length as the primaries, and whenthe wings are close
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