ORDER PALUDICOL^, 



CRANES, RAILS, LIMPKINS. 

 Suborder GRUES. CRANES. 



Family GRUID.^. Cranes. 



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Whooping Crane. 



Special Characters: Size, large; lores, with hair-like bristles; bill, 

 over 3 inches long; wing, over i6 inches; tarsus, over 7 inches; toes, 



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