. Scripture natural history: containing a description of quadrupeds, birds, reptiles, amphibia, fishes, insects, molluscous animals, corals, plants, trees, precious stones, and metals, mentioned in the Holy Scriptures . d especially Egypt, is the wintering-place ofthis bird. In spring it spreads itself over not onlyHolland, but France, Sweden, Germany, and England it has been rarely seen. One was shot atSandwich in Kent, in 1805, and another in Hampshirein 1808. The bill is long, sharp, furrowed from thenostrils to the point, and of a red colour; the legs alsoare long and red; the fe
. Scripture natural history: containing a description of quadrupeds, birds, reptiles, amphibia, fishes, insects, molluscous animals, corals, plants, trees, precious stones, and metals, mentioned in the Holy Scriptures . d especially Egypt, is the wintering-place ofthis bird. In spring it spreads itself over not onlyHolland, but France, Sweden, Germany, and England it has been rarely seen. One was shot atSandwich in Kent, in 1805, and another in Hampshirein 1808. The bill is long, sharp, furrowed from thenostrils to the point, and of a red colour; the legs alsoare long and red; the feathers are mostly white, exceptthe ends of the long wing feathers, which are black;its length is about three feet three inches. The storkis remarkable for its affection towards its two parents guard and feed each brood, one al- THE STORK. 103 ways remaining with it while the other goes for food ;they keep the young ones in the nest much longerthan any other bird; to accustom them to fly and toventure themselves in the air, the mother exercisesthem in little circular flights around the nest, leadingthem about, and bringing them back to their habita-tion. They nest of the stork is formed of twigs and. THE WHITE STORK. sticks, and the eggs are seldom more than four in num-ber, and often only two; a little less bulky, but moreelongated, than those of a goose. In Lorraine, Alsace,and Holland, they nestle on the tops of the houses, andthe inhabitants provide boxes for their accommoda-tion. In Barbary, Dr. Shaw informs us, they placetheir nest on the highest part of old ruins, in the ca-nals of ancient aqueducts, and frequently upon thevery tops of the mosques and dwelling-houses. Thefirs, and other trees when these are wanting, are a 104 SCRIPTURE NATURAL HISTORY. dwelling for the stork. In ancient Egypt this birdwas treated with the greatest reverence, and this isstill the case in many parts of Africa and the the Romans, the appearance of a stork in theiraug
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