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CROWXKn I'RAXE. 



This bird is considerably larger than the Demoiselle Crane, and though less graceful 

 in form and attitude, it is far more elegant in the varied colours of its plumage. It 

 measures, when fully grown, about four feet in total height. The cheeks and temples 

 arc entirely naked, and are covered with a bright rosy red, which sometimes overspreads 

 the whole of the naked surface, and sometimes is confined to a portion of it. A similar 

 naked space beneath the upper part of the throat is gradually developed, and terminates 



ORGANS OF THU DEMOISELLE CKANE. 



in a fold of skin resembling the wattle of a turkey. A close tuft of short, smooth, even, 

 velvety, deep-black feathers covers the fore part of the head, and behind them rises a 

 very remarkable crest, each filament of which is twisted sjairallj' on itself, is fringed 

 along its edges with a series of black-pointed hairs, and terminates in a blackish pencil. 

 The bill, legs, and feet are of a dusky-black. The iris is remarkable for being almost 

 destitute of colour. 



The voice of the crane— and the remark applies more or less to the whole family — may 



Aidca Pavonina. 



