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WATER FOWL. 



VI. The C R A N E. 



Le Grue. Belon av. 187. tab. 33. 



Grus. Gefner atf, 528. Kranich. Kram. 345. 



A Crane. Turner. Kranich. Frifcb, II. 194. 



Gru, Grua. Aldr. av. III. Ardea Grus Lin. fyft. 234, 



132. Trana. Faun. Suec. Jp. 161,, 



Wil. orn. 274. Danis Trane. Brunnicb. 



Raii fyn. av. 95. Br. Zool. 118. 

 La Grue. Brijjbn a<v. V. 374. 



THIS fpecies was placed, in the folio edition 

 of the Zoology, among the Britijh birds, on 

 the authority of Mr. Ray ; who informs us, that in 

 his time, they were found during the winter in 

 large flocks in Lincoln/hire and Cambridge/hire : but 

 on the irricleft enquiry we learn, that at prefent the 

 inhabitants of thofe counties are fcarcely acquaint- 

 ed with them •, we therefore conclude, that thefe 

 birds have forfaken our ifland. A fingle bird 

 was killed near Cambridge about three years ago ? 

 and is the only inftance I ever knew of the crane 

 being feen in this ifland in our time. They were for- 

 merly in high efteem at our tables, for the delicacy 

 of their flem ; for they feed only on grain, herbs, 

 or infects *, fo have nothing of the ranknefs of the 

 pifcivorous birds of this genus. 



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