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Grus canadensis (not Ardea canadensis Liunaeus) Baikd, Rep. Pacific R. R. 

 Surv., ix, 1858, 655, part (Florida) ; Cat. North Amer. Birds, 1859, No. 479, 

 part.— Taylor, Ibis, 1862, 129 (Florida). — Aixen, Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool., 

 i, 1871, 157 (e. Florida) ; ii, 1871, 357 (Florida). — Cotjes, Check-list, 1874, 

 No. 463, part; Birds Northwest, 1874, 532, part (Florida).— Ridgw ay, Proc. 

 U. S. Nat. Mus., iii, 1880, 202 (Cat. North Amor. Birds, No. 583), part; 

 Nom. North Anaer. Birds, 1881, No. 583, part. 



[Orus] canadensis Coues, Key North Amer. Birds, 1872, 271, part. 



Orus mexicana (not A7-dea (Grus) wexicana Mtlller) Ameeican ORNrTHOLO- 

 GisTs' UNION, Check-list, 1886, and ed. 2, 1895, No. 206, part ( Florida ) ; ed. 

 3, 1910, 100.— Sharpe, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus., xxiii, 1894, 254, part (Tarpon 

 Springs and De Soto County, Fla.). — (?) Beyer, Proc. Louisiana Soc. Nat. 

 for 1897-99 (1900), 93 (coast of Louisiana, abundant resident). — ( ?) Beyer, 

 Allison, and Kopman, Auk, xxv, 1908, 170 (coast of Louisiana, resident). — 

 (?) Wayne. Birds South Carolina, 1910, 34 (formerly on Waccamaw River, 

 now apparently extirpated in the State; breeding in Okefenokee Swamp, 

 Ga.).— CooKB, U. S. Dept. Agr. Bull. 128, 1914, 10, fig. 3, part (range).— (?) 

 FiGGiNS, Auk, xl, 1923, 673 (Black Bayou, La., breeding). — Bent and 

 CoPELAND, Auk, xliv, 1927, 377 (between Punta Gorda and Fisheating Creek. 

 Charlotte County; near Bassinger, Fla.). — Metcalf, Auk, xlvi, 1929, 24S 

 (Sandy Knowe, S. C). — Nicholson, Auk, xlvii, 1930, 267 (breeding, Kissim- 

 mee Prairie, Fla.). — Holt, Wils. Bull., xlii, 1930, 163 in text (habits; nest- 

 ing; Florida). 



Cllnts] mexicana Ridgw ay, Man. North Amer. Birds, 1887, 135 part (Florida). 



Grus canadensis mexicana Oberholser, Auk, xxxv, Apr. 1918, 204, part. 



Grus americana (not Ardea amcricana Linnaeus) Fisher (G. C), Wils. Bull., 

 xxii, 1910, 45 (Lake Wimlico, Fla.) 



Megalornis canadensis mexicana Howell, Birds Alabama, 1924, 84; ed. 2, 1928, 

 84 (few breeding in Baldwin County, Ala.; Perdido Bay and Foley; win- 

 ter).— Bailey (H. H.), Birds Florida, 1925, 39, pi. 20 (col. pi., distr., etc., 

 Florida ) . 



Megalornis canadensis mexicanus Oberholser, Auk. xxxviii, 1921, 82, part. — 

 Bailey and Wright, Wils. Bull., xliii, 1931, 198 (winter in Louisiana, 

 formerly common in western part, now rare ; Cameron Farm, Cameron 

 Parish; Chenier au Tigre). 



Megalornis mexicanus McAtee, U. S. Dept. Agr. Misc. Circ. 13. 1923, 40, part 

 (local names; range).— Bent, U. S. Nat. Mus. Bull. 135, 1927, 241, part 

 (Florida and Gulf States; life hist; monogr.). 



GRUS CANADENSIS NESIOTES Bangs and Zappey 



Cuban Sandhill Crane 



Adults. — Similar to Grus canadensis 'pratensis but smaller, with 

 shorter tarsus; bill shorter and relatively heavier. 



Young. — Apparently unknown but probably like the correspond- 

 ing stage of the Florida bird. 



Adult ma?e.— Wing 460-474; tail 171-187; exposed column 123- 

 125; tarsus 204^209 mm.^« 



"Two specimens from Isle of Pines; measurements ex Todd, Ann. Carnegie 

 Mus., X. 1916, 206. 



