ORDER PALUDICOL^E. 



CRANES, RAILS, ETC. 

 Suborder GRUES. Cranes. 



Family GRUID^E. Cranes. 



Three species of Cranes (not Herons, which are sometimes wrongly 

 called by that name ) occur in North America. During the migrations 

 they are more or less gregarious, but at other times are usually found 



Whooping Crane. 



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