60 FAUNA OF NEW ENGLAND. 



PALUDICOLAE. GRUES. 



GRUIDAE. 



114. Grus AMERICANA (Linn^) Vieillot. 



Whooping crane. 



Audubon, Birds of Amer., 1842, vol. 3, p. 188, pi. 313. 

 Ardea americana Linne, Syst. nat., ed. 10, 1758, vol. 1, p. 142. 

 "in America septentrionali." 



Freshwater marshes and open lowlands; nests in marshes. 

 Vt., Mass. — Supposed to have been a migrant in colonial times. 



115. Grus canadensis (Linne) Temminck. 



Little brown crane. 



Ridgway, Manual of No. Amer. birds, 1887, p. 135. 



Ardea canadensis Linne, Syst. nat., ed. 10, 1758, vol. 1, p. 141. 

 "in America septentrionali." 



Grus fraterculus Cassin. Baird, Cassin, and Lawrence, Expl. 

 and surveys for railroad to Pacific, 1858, birds, pi. 37. 



Grassy flats and marshes; nests on the ground. 



U. I.— Accidental visitor: Natick Hill, Oct. 9, 1889. 



116. Grus mexicana (^Nliiller) Vieillot. 



Sandhill crane. 



Coues, Key to No. Amer. birds, ed. 5, 1903, vol. 2, p. 848. 



Ardea {grus) mexicana ^Nliill., Linne's Vollstand. natursyst., 

 suppl., 1776, p. 110. "Mexico." 



Grus americana Forst. Audubon, Birds of Amer., 1842, vol. 5, 

 pi. 314. 



Freshwater marshes and open lowlands; nests in marshes. 



N. H. — Believed to have occurred formerly; now accidental 

 visitor: Wakefield, 1896 or 1897. 



Vt. — Believed to have occurred formerly as a migrant ; now 

 accidental visitor: Lunenburg. 



]Mass., Conn. — Believed to have occurred formerly as a migrant. 



