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Grus niediecki Reichbnow, Orn. Monatsb., siv, 1906, 190 (Anadyr Bay, ne. Si- 

 beria ; see Buturlin, Ibis, 1907, 364, 365). 



(?) Orus schlegelii Blyth, Field, xlii, 1873, 419 (new name for Grus cinerea 

 longirostris Temminck and Schlegel ) .— Tegetmeier, ed. Blyth's Monogr. 

 Cranes, 1881, 78. 



(?) Grus cinerea (not of Meyer and Wolf) Seebohm, Birds Japanese Empire, 

 1890, 348. 



GRUS CANADENSIS TABIDA (Peters) 



Sandhill Crane 



All plumages similar to the corresponding stages of the nominate 

 race, but larger. 



Adult male. — Wing 50^590 (548.3); tail 141; exposed culmen 

 132-170 (144.9) ; tarsus 231-266 (244.1) ; middle toe without claw 

 87 mm.^* 



Adult female.— Wing 479-524; tail 187; exposed culmen 132-153; 

 tarsus 233-240 ; middle toe without claw 76 mm.^° 



Range. — Breeds from British Columbia (158-mile House; Lac la 

 Hache; Okanagan Valley; lake region; New Westminster) ; Alberta 

 (Spotted Lake and near Innisfail) ; Saskatchewan (Big Quill Lake; 

 Balgonie, and Kutanajan Lake) ; Manitoba (Shell Kiver; Oak Point; 

 Crescent Lake; Ossawo) ; Minnesota (Herman; Elk River; and Lake 

 Minnetonka) ; Wisconsin (Plover; Marquette; Peshtigo) ; Michigan 

 (Taquamenou River; Vans Harbor; Sheldrake Lake; Morrice; Pet- 

 ersburg; Calhoun and Washtenaw Counties) ; Ontario (Rond Eau) ; 

 and northern Ohio (near Toledo) ; south to Washington (Fort Sim- 

 coe; Fort Steilacoom; Coulee City; Strait of Juan de Fuca) ; Oregon 

 (Malheur Lake; Camp Harney; Fort Klamath) ; California (Fort 

 Crook; Tule Lake; San Joaquin Valley; Surprise Valley; Modoc 

 County); Nevada (Independence Valley; Carson); Arizona (Mor- 

 mon Lake); Idaho (Fort Sherman); Colorado (Loveland; Middle 

 Park; Gunnison; San Juan County); South Dakota (Sanborn 

 County); and Nebraska (Alda and Omega). Present range much 

 restricted — breeds in southern Canada, Minnesota, and the western 

 and Rocky Mountain States south to northern Colorado. 



Winters from California (Modesto: Fresno; Pilo Knob; Pasa- 

 dena; Salton Sea; San Jacinto Lake) ; Arizona (near Avondale) ; 

 and Texas (Eagle Pass; Fredericksburg; Corpus Christi; and 

 Brownsville) south to Lower California (Tia Juana Valley) : San 

 Luis Potosi (Angostura); Guanajuato; Jalisco (La Barca) ; and 

 Sinaloa (Mazatlan) (and Yucatan [Tizimin]?). 



"Twelve specimens from California; the tail and toe measurements based on 

 a single bird (the measurements of the other 11 birds sent to me, not per- 

 sonally made). 



" Two specimens from California and Illinois. 



