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ALECTORIDES. 



longer, its claw much larger than the outer. Hind toe elevated, short. Toes connected at base by 

 membrane. Tarsi broadly scutellate anteriorly. Tertials longer than primaries, decurved ; first 

 quill not much shorter than second. Tail of twelve feathers. 



Synopsis of Species. 



A. Adult ]ihuna;4e wliiti', the primaries black ; cheeks naked. 



1. G-. americaua. Bill very thick, the gonys strongly convex. 



B. Adult plumage grayish or plumbeous, the primaries slate-color ; cheeks always feathered. 



2. G. canadensis. Bill slender, longer than middle toe ; gonys straight. 



a. canadcii.iis. Wing, 17.75-19.00 inches ; culmen, 2.90-3.70 ; tarsus, 6.70-8.00 ; middle toe, 

 2.80-2.95. Hab. Alaska to New Mexico and Texas, breeding (exclusively ?) far north- 

 ward. 



/3. mexicana. Wing, 22.00 inches ; culmen, 5.00-6.00 inches ; tarsus, 10.00 ; middle toe, 

 3.50 or more. Hah. Western United States and Gulf States from Washington Territory 

 to Florida. 



G. canadensis mexicana. 



Grus americana. 



THE WHOOPING CRANE. 



Arrlea americana, Linn. S. N. I. 1766, 234 (based on Edw. pi. 132 ; Catesb. pi. 75 ; Briss. V. 



382). — WiLS. Am. Orn. VIII. 1814, 20, pi. 64, fig. 3. 

 Grus americana, Sw. & Rich. F. B. A. II. 1831, 372. — Nutt. Man. II. 1834, 34. — Aud. Orn. Biog. 



III. 1835, 202, pi. 226 ; Synop. 1839, 219 ; B. Am. V. 1842, 188, pi. 313. — Baird, B. N. Am. 



1858, 654 ; Cat. N. Am. B. 1859, no. 478. — Coues, Key, 1872, 271 ; Check List, 1873, no. 462 ; 



ed. 2, 1882, no. 668 ; Birds N. W. 1874, 530. — Ridgw. Nom. N. Am. B. 1881, no. 582. 

 Grus clamator, Bautr. Trav. 1791, 292. 

 Cfrus struthio, Wagl. Syst. Av. 1827, Grus, no. 6. 

 Grus Hoyanus, Dudley, Pr. Ac. Nat. Sci. Philad. VII. 1854, 64 (young). — Stimpson, Mem. Chicago 



Acad. I. 1868, 129, pi. 19. 

 La Grue d'Amirique, Buff. PI. Enl. 1770-1784, pi. 889 (adult). 

 Eoopiiig Crane, Forster, Philos. Trans. LXII. 1772,409, no.37. — Penn. Arct. Zool. II. 1785, 442. 



