. The naturalist's library; containing scientific and popular descriptions of man, quadrupeds, birds, fishes, reptiles and insects; . substance ; eyes surrounded with a naked space ; legs long; the three anteriortoes united to the first joint, the hind toe jointed on the same level as the others; wingsof moderate size. AVES—STORK. 635 other food. They remove the noxious filth, and clear the fields of serpentsand reptiles. On this account they are protected in Holland, held in highveneration by the Mahometans; and so greatly were they respected in timesof old by the Thessalonians, that to kill
. The naturalist's library; containing scientific and popular descriptions of man, quadrupeds, birds, fishes, reptiles and insects; . substance ; eyes surrounded with a naked space ; legs long; the three anteriortoes united to the first joint, the hind toe jointed on the same level as the others; wingsof moderate size. AVES—STORK. 635 other food. They remove the noxious filth, and clear the fields of serpentsand reptiles. On this account they are protected in Holland, held in highveneration by the Mahometans; and so greatly were they respected in timesof old by the Thessalonians, that to kill one of these birds was a crimeexpiable only by death. The ancients, indeed, ascribed to it the virtues oftemperance, conjugal fidelity, and filial and paternal piety. The disposition of this bird is mild, neither shy nor savage; it is 2asilytamed, and may be trained to reside in gardens, which it will clear ofinsects and reptiles. It has a grave air and a mournful visage; yet whenroused by example, it shows a certain degree of gaiety; for it joins in thefrolics of children, by imitating them. Dr Herman tells us, that he saw s. ame one in a garden, where the children were playing at hide and seek, andaat it run its turn when touched, and so well distinguished the child who=ern it was to pursue the rest, as to be perfectly on its guard. Nor do they_0htly feel or inadequately revenge an injury. A wild stork, having beenbeaten by a tame one, has been known, after an interval of four months, tocome back with three other storks, and kill the former victor. Storks are birds of passage, and observe great exactness in the time oftheir autumnal departure from Europe to more favorite climates. Theyare seldom seen farther north than Sweden; and though they have scarcelyever been met with in England, they are so common in Holland as to buildevery where on the tops of the houses, where the inhabitants provide boxes forthem to make their nests in, and are careful that the birds suffer no in
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