See also:

• STORK (A. S. store, Ger. Storch)

STORK (A. S. See also:

• STORE (from O. Fr. estor or estoire, Late Lat. staurum or instaurum, stock, provisions, supply, from the late use of instaurare, to provide, properly to construct, renew, restore)

store, Ger. Storch)  , the Ciconia See also:

• ALBA

alba of See also:

• ORNITHOLOGY

ornithology, a well-known See also:

• BIRD

bird, which, however, though often visiting See also:

• BRITAIN (Gr. Hperavuml vi7vot, Bperravia; Lat. Britannia, rarely Britannia)

Britain, has never been a native or even inhabitant of that See also:

• COUNTRY (from the Mid. Eng. contre or contrie, and O. Fr. cuntree; Late Lat. contrata, showing the derivation from contra, opposite, over against, thus the tract of land which fronts the sight, cf. Ger. Gegend, neighbourhood)

country . It is a summer visitor to most parts of the See also:

• EUROPEAN

European See also:

• CONTINENT (from Lat. continere, "to hold together "; hence " connected," " continuous ")

continent—the See also:

• CHIEF (from Fr. chef, head, Lat. caput)

chief exceptions being See also:

• FRANCE
• FRANCE, ANATOLE (1844– )

France (where the native See also:

• RACE

race has been destroyed), See also:

• ITALY
• ITALY (Italia)

Italy and See also:

• RUSSIA
• RUSSIA (Rossiya)

Russia—breeding from See also:

• SOUTHERN

southern See also:

• SWEDEN
• SWEDEN [Sverige]
• SWEDEN, NORWAY AND

Sweden to See also:

• SPAIN
• SPAIN (Espana)

Spain and See also:

• GREECE

Greece, and being especially See also:

• COMMON

common in See also:

• POLAND (Polish Polska, Ger. Polen), (see POLAND, RUSSIAN, below)
• POLAND, RUSSIAN

Poland.' It reappears again in See also:

• ASIA

Asia See also:

• MINOR
• MINOR (Lat. for smaller, lesser)
• MINOR, ROBERT CRANNELL (1839-1904)

Minor, the See also:

• CAUCASUS

Caucasus, See also:

• PERSIA

Persia and See also:

• TURKESTAN
• TURKESTAN, or HAZRET

Turkestan, but farther to the eastward it is replaced by an allied See also:

• SPECIES

species, C. boyciana, which reaches See also:

• JAPAN

Japan . Though occasionally using trees (as was most likely its See also:

• ORIGINAL

original See also:

• HABIT (through the French from Lat. habitus, from habere, to have, hold, or, in a reflective sense, to be in a certain condition; in many of the English senses the French use habitude, not habit)

habit) for the purpose, the See also:

• STORK (A. S. store, Ger. Storch)

stork most generally places its See also:

• NEST

nest on buildings,2 a fact See also:

• FAMILIAR (through the Fr. familier, from Lat. familiaris, of or belonging to the familia, family)

familiar to travellers in Den-See also:

• MARK
• MARK, CARL (1858– )
• MARK, GOSPEL OF ST
• MARK, ST

mark, See also:

• HOLLAND
• HOLLAND, CHARLES (1733–1769)
• HOLLAND, COUNTY AND PROVINCE OF
• HOLLAND, HENRY FOX, 1ST BARON (1705–1774)
• HOLLAND, HENRY RICH, 1ST EARL OF (1S9o-,649)
• HOLLAND, HENRY RICHARD VASSALL FOX, 3RD
• HOLLAND, JOSIAH GILBERT (1819-1881)
• HOLLAND, PHILEMON (1552-1637)
• HOLLAND, RICHARD, or RICHARD DE HOLANDE (fl. 1450)
• HOLLAND, SIR HENRY, BART

Holland and See also:

• GERMANY
• GERMANY (Ger. Deutschland)

Germany, and it is nearly everywhere a cherished See also:

• GUEST (a word common to Teutonic languages; cf. Ger. Gast, and Swed. gust; cognate with Lat. hostis, originally a stranger, hence enemy; cf. " host " )
• GUEST, EDWIN (1800–188o)

guest, popular belief ascribing See also:

• GOOD, JOHN MASON (1764-1827)

good See also:

• LUCK

luck to the See also:

• HOUSE
• HOUSE (O. Eng. hiss, a word common to Teutonic languages, cf. Dut. huis, Ger. Haus; in Gothic it is only found in gudhiss, a temple; it may be ultimately connected with the root of " hide," conceal)

house to which it attaches itself.3 Its See also:

• FOOD
• FOOD (like the verb " to feed," from a Teutonic root, whence O. Eng. foda; cf. " fodder "; connected with Gr. lrareicOae, to feed)

food, consisting mainly of frogs and See also:

• INSECTS

insects, is gathered in the neighbouring pastures, across which it may be seen stalking with an See also:

• AIR (from an Indo-European root meaning " breathe," " blow ")
• AIR, or ASBEN

air of quiet dignity; but in the See also:

• SEASON (0. Fr. seson, seison, mod. saison, Lat. satio, sowing time, the spring, from serere, to sow; in Late Lat. the word is found with its present meaning, the spring being considered as particularly the season of the year)

season of love it indulges in gestures which can only be called See also:

• GROTESQUE

grotesque—leaping from the ground with extended wings in a See also:

• KIND (O. E. ge-cynde, from the same root as is seen in " kin," supra)

kind of See also:

• DANCE
• DANCE (Fr. danse; of obscure origin, connected with Old High Ger. danson, to stretch)

dance, and, absolutely voiceless as it is, making a loud See also:

• NOISE (a word of doubtful origin; O. Fr. nogse or nose; Prov. nausa, which points to Lat. nausea, sickness, as the origin; others take Lat. noxia, harm, as the source)

noise by the clattering of its mandibles . At other times it may be seen gravely resting on one See also:

• LEG
• LEG (a word of Scandinavian origin, from the Old Norwegian leggr, cf. Swed. lagg, Dan. laeg; the O. Eng. word was sceanca, shank)

leg on an elevated See also:

• PLACE (through Fr. from Lat. platea, street; Gr. IrAar6s, wide)

place, thence to sweep aloft and circle with a slow and majestic See also:

• FLIGHT

flight . Apart from its considerable See also:

• SIZE

size—and a stork stands more than three feet in height—its contrasted plumage of pure See also:

• WHITE
• WHITE, ANDREW DICKSON (1832– )
• WHITE, GILBERT (1720–1793)
• WHITE, HENRY KIRKE (1785-1806)
• WHITE, HUGH LAWSON (1773-1840)
• WHITE, JOSEPH BLANCO (1775-1841)
• WHITE, RICHARD GRANT (1822-1885)
• WHITE, ROBERT (1645-1704)
• WHITE, SIR GEORGE STUART (1835– )
• WHITE, SIR THOMAS (1492-1567)
• WHITE, SIR WILLIAM ARTHUR (1824--1891)
• WHITE, SIR WILLIAM HENRY (1845– )
• WHITE, THOMAS (1628-1698)
• WHITE, THOMAS (c. 1550-1624)

white and deep See also:

• BLACK
• BLACK, ADAM (1784-1874)
• BLACK, JEREMIAH SULLIVAN (1810–1883)
• BLACK, WILLIAM (1841-1898)

black, with its See also:

• BRIGHT, JOHN (1811-188g)
• BRIGHT, SIR CHARLES TILSTON

bright red See also:

• BILL

bill and legs, makes it a conspicuous and beautiful See also:

• OBJECT

object, especially when seen against the fresh See also:

• GREEN, A
• GREEN, ALEXANDER HENRY (1832—1896)
• GREEN, DUFF (1791—1875)
• GREEN, JOHN RICHARD (1837—1883)
• GREEN, MATTHEW (1696-1737)
• GREEN, THOMAS HILL (1836-1882)
• GREEN, VALENTINE (1739–1813)
• GREEN, WILLIAM HENRY (.1825–1900)

green grass of a luxuriant meadow . In See also:

• WINTER, JOHN STRANGE
• WINTER, PETER (c. 1755-1825)

winter the storks of See also:

• EUROPE

Europe retire to See also:

• AFRICA
• AFRICA, ROMAN

Africa—some of them, it would seem, reaching Cape See also:

• COLONY (Lat. colonia, from colonus, a cultivator)

Colony—while those of Asia visit See also:

• INDIA
• INDIA, FRENCH

India . A second species, with much the same range, but with none of its relative's domestic disposition, is the black stork, C. See also:

• NIGRA, COSTANTINO, COUNT (1828-1907)

nigra, of which the upper parts are black, brilliantly glossed with See also:

• PURPLE

purple, See also:

• COPPER (symbol Cu, atomic weight 63.1, H=1, or 63.6, O = 16)

copper and green, while it is white beneath—the bill and legs, with a patch of See also:

• BARE

bare skin See also:

• ROUND (O. Fr. rond, Lat. rotundus, the Fr. is the source also of Du. rond; Ger., Swed., Dan. and Nor. rond)

round the eyes, being red . The bird breeds in lofty trees, generally those growing in a large See also:

• FOREST

forest . Two other dark-coloured, but somewhat abnormal, species are the purely See also:

• AFRICAN

African C. abdimii and the C. episcopus, which has a wider range, being found not only in Africa but in India, See also:

• JAVA

Java and See also:

• SUMATRA

Sumatra . The New See also:

• WORLD

World has only one true stork, D.issura maguari, which inhabits See also:

• SOUTH
• SOUTH, ROBERT (1634–1716)

South See also:

• AMERICA

America, and resembles not. a little the . C. boyciana above mentioned, differing therefrom in its greenish-white bill and black tail . Both these species. are very like C. alba, but are larger and have a bare patch of red skin round the eyes .

The storks See also:

• FORM (Lat. forma)

form the See also:

• FAMILY

family Ciconiidae, and together with the ibises (Ibididae) are now ranked as a sub-See also:

• ORDER
• ORDER (through Fr. ordre, for earlier ordene, from Lat. ordo, ordinis, rank, service, arrangement; the ultimate source is generally taken to be the root seen in Lat. oriri, rise, arise, begin; cf. " origin ")
• ORDER, HOLY

order of Ciconiiform birds (see BIRD) . There is no doubt that they include. the See also:

• JABIRU

jabiru (q.v.) and its See also:

• ALLIES, THOMAS WILLIAM (1813-1903)

allies, as well as the curious genus Aiiastomus (known in India as the open-bill," because its See also:

• LOWER

lower 'mandible is hollowed out so as only to meet the maxilla at the See also:

• BASE

base and the tip), of which there are an African and an See also:

• ASIATIC

Asiatic species . In all the storks the eggs are white and pitted with granular depressions . (A .