60 FAUNA OF NEW ENGLAND. 



PALUDICOLAE. GRUES. 



GRUIDAE. 



114. Grus americaxa (Linne) Vieillot. 



Whooping crane. 



Audubon, Birds of Amer., 1842, vol. 5, p. 188, pi. 313. 

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

 "in America septentrioxali." 



Freshwater marshes and open lowlands; nests in marshes. 



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



115. Grus caxadensis (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 septextrioxali." 



Grus fraterciihts Cassin. Baird, Cassia, and Lawrence, Expl. 

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



Grassy flats and marshes; nests on the ground. 



R. I.— Accidental visitor: Xatick Hill, Oct. 9, 1889. 



116. Grus mexicaxa (Muller) Vieillot. 



Sandhill crane. 



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



Ardea (grus) mexicana Mull., 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. 



X. Ff. — Believed to have occurred formerly; now accidental 

 visitor: Wakefield, 1896 or 1897. 



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

 accidental visitor: Lunenburg. 



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



