* the birds.
  12  Jer 22:23  Eze 31:6  Da 4:21  Ob 1:4  Mt 13:32 
 * as for.
  Le 11:19  Jer 8:7 
 * the stork.
   The stork is a species of the ardea or heron genus, about the
   size of a goose in its body, but when erect, about three or
   four feet high; its general colour is white; extremity of the
   wings, and small part of the head, black; legs, very long,
   red, and naked a great way up; the toes four, long and
   connected, with flat nails like those of a man; beak long,
   jagged, red, and somewhat compressed; the upper and under
   chaps both of a length, with a furrow from the nostrils:  it
   feeds on serpents, frogs, and insects, on which account it
   might be deemed unclean; lays four eggs, and sits thirty days;
   migrates about August, and returns in spring; and is
   remarkable for its love to its parents, whom it never
   forsakes, but feeds and cherishes when old; whence it had the
   name {chaseedah,} which denotes kindness or piety, and stork,
   from the Greek [storge,] natural affection.