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Imve deprived them of their ancient haunts, and they are 

 now but rarely seen in this country, although they were 

 formerly esteemed valuable guests, and fines were im- 

 posed upon any who should take away the eggs of a 

 Crane or of a Bustard. Willoughby tells us that ""' '^Cranes 

 come often to us in England, and in the fen counties of 

 Luicolnshire and Cambridgeshire there are great flocks of 

 them." No less than two hundred and four were served 

 u^. at a feast given by Archbishop Nevill in the rei^n of 

 Edward IV. "" 



Fig. 178. — the Australian crane. 



{Gnis Australis.) 



