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MOORFIELD, an American lawyer and publicist, born at Roxbury, Mass., in 1845. He graduated from Harvard in 1866, and after studying at the Harvard Law School, was admitted covers black; beak and feet red. The male is about 42 inches long, the female somewhat less. The black stork, C. nigra, from the center and E. of Europe, Asia, and Africa, has the upper surface black, the lower parts white. Storks are protected by laws in some countries for to the bar in 1869. He had previously tected by laws in some countries for served as private secretary to Charles their services in destroying small mam- Sumner. He took an active part in mals and reptiles, and in consuming politics and was prominent in the "Mug- found in waters of our Southern States. wump" movement of 1884. He was a found in waters of our Southern States. candidate for Congress in 1900, but was Heralds have adopted the stork as an defeated. He was president of the Anti- emblem of piety and gratitude. Imperialist League, and of the National Association for the Advancement of the Colored People. He was a member and official in many societies, and was a fellow of the American Academy of Arts He wrote "Life of and Sciences. and Sciences. He wrote "Life of Charles Sumner" (1900) ; "Ebenezer Rockwood Hoar" (1911); "The Democratic Party and Philippine Indepen- He also contributed dence" (1915). many articles to magazines. of the genus Ciconia, or of the sub-famof the genus Ciconia, or of the sub-famsemble the herons, but are more robust, and have larger bills, shorter toes, with a They inhabit the vicinity of marshes and rivers, where they find an abundant suprivers, where they find an abundant supfishes, and even young birds. Storks are fishes, and even young birds. Storks are breeding haunts in the early spring, and departing again in the autumn. The common in many countries of Central Europe, constructs a large nest, most frequently on the chimney of a cottage.
Europe, constructs a large nest, most and the longest feathers on the wing SHOE-BILLED STORK STORM