(iKUID^:. 



363 



Suborder III. GRALLjE. 



[C/. Seebohm, Classif. E. p. 39.] 



A. Maxillo-palatines not coalesced with each other or with the 



vomer. 



B. Nasals schizorhinai. 



Vj. Dorsal vertebra? heterocoelous. 



D. Deep plantar tendon, if it reaches the hallux, proceediu"; from 



i\iQ flexor' longus hallucis and not from the flexor perforans 

 dlgitorum. 



E. Young, when hatched, covered with down, and able to run 



in a few hours. 



Family GRUID^ *. 



Genus GRUS t. 

 Pallas, Miscell Zool. p. (JG (176G). 



Grus cinerea. 



Gnis cinerea, Bechsteiu, Xaturg. Ueutschl. iv. p. 103 (1809) ; 

 Seebohm, Hist. Brit. B. ii. p. 570 (1884). 



The Common Crane. 



Hah. Europe and Northern Asia, migrating in winter to 

 North Africa and Southern Asia. 



1820. Articulated skeleton : mounted. 0. C. 1290. 



South Collection. 



1821. Sternum, with shoulder-girdle and ribs (wanting left 



scapula), and with wall of sternum removed to show- 

 trachea in situ. 0. C 1342. Purchased. 



1822. Sternum, with shoulder-girdle and trachea comj)lete, as 



well as the hyoidean arch. 0. C. 1334 A. 



From the Zoological Society. 



1823. Sternum and furcula. 0. C. 1322. Ihinterian. 



* —Grups, 8harpc, Review, p. 74. 



t Cf. Lydekker, Cat. Fossil B. Brit. Mus. p. 160 (1801). 



