Chambers's encyclopaedia; a dictionary of universal knowledge . the storks arriving auiinally in February and March,and in antunni returning to Africa in large Hocks,flying mostly by night. It is about three feet anila half in length. The head, neck, and wholebody are pure white ; the wings partly black; thebill and legs red. The neck is long, and in an arched form : the feathers of the breastare long and ]ien<lnlons, and the bird often has itsbill half hidden among them. The flight is verypowerful and high in the air ; the gait slow andmeasured. In flight the head is thro
Chambers's encyclopaedia; a dictionary of universal knowledge . the storks arriving auiinally in February and March,and in antunni returning to Africa in large Hocks,flying mostly by night. It is about three feet anila half in length. The head, neck, and wholebody are pure white ; the wings partly black; thebill and legs red. The neck is long, and in an arched form : the feathers of the breastare long and ]ien<lnlons, and the bird often has itsbill half hidden among them. The flight is verypowerful and high in the air ; the gait slow andmeasured. In flight the head is thrown back andthe legs extended. The stork .sleeiis standing onone leg, with the neck folded, and tlie head turnedbackward on the shoulder. It frequents marshyplaces, feeding on eels and other fishes, frogs,lizards, snakes, slugs, young birds, mannuals,and insects. It makes a rude nest of sticks, reeds,&c. on the tops of tall trees, or of ruins, spires, orhouses. Then- are four or five eggs, «hite tingedwith buft; and the old nest is re-occupied next. Cimnuon fStork [Vieonia alba). year. In many parts of Eurojie, especially inHolland, it is a very connnon practice to placeboxes for storks, and it is considered a fortunatething for a household that the box on the roofis occupied : children arc tohl it is the storksthat bring the babies out of the well. Storksare protected by law in some countries, onaccount of their good services not only in destroy-ing reptiles and other troublesome animals, but STOKM STORMS 761 in the removal of ottal from tlie streets oftowns, in wliicli tliey stalk aliout with [lerfectconfidence, even in the iniilst of tliiongs of have been celebiateil from ancient timesfor tlie atloction which tliev display towards theiryoung, and have also hay theclattering of their mandibles, and are po
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