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287 (Lake Okeechobee; s. of Imnokalee; near Fort Myers; Indian River; 

 near Stuart, Fla.).— [Arthur] Birds Louisiana, 1931, 231 (formerly abund- 

 ant on Louisiana coastal marshes in winter; 4 birds seen on Rockefeller 

 Wildlife Refuge; winter of 1928-29). 



[Grus] americanus Coues, Key North Amer. Birds, 1872, 271. 



G[rMs] americanus Ridgway, Ann. Lye. Nat. Hist. New York, x, 1871, 387 (Illi- 

 nois). — Nelson, Bull. Essex Inst., viii, 1876, 133 (ne. Illinois, once abun- 

 dant, now rare ; still common and a few breeding in central Illinois) . 



Limnogcranus americanus Sharpe, Bull. Brit. Orn. Union, i, 1893, p. xxxviii; 

 Cat. Birds Brit. Mus., xxiii, 1894, 259.— Obekholser, Auk, xxxv, 1918, 204. — 

 McAtee, U. S. Dept. Agr. Bull. 794, 1920, 28 (Post Lake, Brown County, 

 Nebr., flock of 3, Oct. 10, 191.5) ; U. S. Dept. Agr. Misc. Circ. 13, 1923, 39 

 (local names; range). — Howexl (A. H. ), Birds Alabama, 1924, 84; ed. 2, 

 1928, 84 (Cypress Slough, Millwood, Prattville, and Dauphin Island, 

 Ala.).— Bailey (H. H.), Birds Florida, 1925, 39, pi. 20 (fig.; Florida— no 

 definite record). — Oberholser. Bird Life Louisiana, 1938, 194 (formerly 

 common and now rare winter resident in Louisiana — Grand Chenier, 

 Chenier au Tigre, Pecan Island, White Lake, Cameron Parish, near Gueydan, 

 Rockefeller and Louisiana State Wildlife Refuges). 



Zimnogeranus americanus Simmons, Birds Austin Region, 1925, 43 (Austin, 

 Tex. ; habits ; descr. ) . 



[Liinnogeranus] americanus Sharpe, Hand-list, i, 1899, 178. 



Megalornis americanus Hartert, Vog. pal. Fauna, iii, 1921, 1818 (crit.). — Bent, 

 U. S. Nat. Mus. BuU. 135, 1927, 219 (life hist. ; monogr.). 



G[rus] struthio Wagleb, Syst. Av., 1827, 222, Grus, No. 6. 



Grus clamator Babtram, Travels, 1791, 292. 



Grus hoyianus Dudley, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia, vii, 1854, 64 ( = 

 young). — Habtlaub, Journ. fiir Orn., 1855, 336, 437 (crit. and refers it to 

 G. americana). — Stimpson, Mem. Chicago Acad. Sci., i, 1868, 129, pi. 19. 



Grus Jioyian<i Sclatee, Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 18.57, 8 (crit.). 



[Gnis] hoyana Gray, Hand-list, iii, 1871, 24, No. 10,086. 



(?) Ardea (Grus) huccinator Muller, Syst. Nat., SuppL, 1776, 110 (America; 

 based on Buffon and Boddaert). 



GRUS CANADENSIS CANADENSIS (Linnaeus) 



Little Brown Crane 



Adult (sexes alike). — Forehead, lores, and anterior part of crown 

 (extending posteriorly in a broad supraorbital wedge on either side 

 to about 10-15 mm. behind and above the eye) unfeathered, covered 

 with dull reddish to begonia rose, papillose skin sparsely sprinkled 

 with dusky, short hairlike bristles; entire rest of plumage, except 

 chin, upper throat, primaries, and greater upper primary coverts, 

 ashy pale mouse gray to ashy slate gray, sometimes without any 

 ochraceous or rusty wash but often tinged or even extensively washed 

 with rusty to deep ochraceous, this color due to iron-oxide staining 

 from the water ; cheeks paler than the occiput, blending into the pale 

 gull gray to white of chin and upper throat; lower eyelid usually 

 whiter than the upper; primaries and their greater upper coverts 

 dark neutral gray to blackish slate, the coverts with an ashy bloom; 



