1. GKUs. 249 



b. Ear - covorts represented by a patch of 



feathers ; the rest of the sides of the face 



bare ; inner secondaries pointed and visibly 



produced bej'ond the primaries ; crown of 



nead bare, with coarse granulations on the [p. 262. 



hind neck 4. Antigone, 



f. Ear-coverts feathered, like the cheeks ; fore- 

 head, region above and below the eye, and 



sides of face bare; hind neck feathered, 



the feathers reaching over the crown in a [p. 266. 



triangle to the level of the eye 5. Pseudogeranus, 



d. Ear-coverts feathered, like the crown and 



sides of face ; fore part of cheeks and base 

 of bill with warty caruncles ; two feathered 

 lappets on each side of the centre of the 

 throat ; inner secondaries enormously pro- 

 duced and consisting of lanceolate feathers, 

 and extending far beyond the primaries ; 



feathers of the lower throat elongated as [p. 267. 



in Herons 6. Bugeeanus, 



e. Ear-coverts feathered and consisting of dense 



plumes, like those of the nape ; the head 

 entirely covered with close-set feathers; 

 inner secondaries immensely lengthened ; 

 feathers of the lower throat as in the pre- [p. 268. 



ceding genus 7. Tetrapteryx, 



/. Ear-coverts feathered and ornamented with 

 a long tuft of silky plumes ; cro\s'n of head 

 entirely feathered ; plumes of the lower 

 throat elongated and lanceolate ; inner 



secondaries lanceolate and moderately [p. 269. 



developed \ 8. Anthhopoides, 



B. With a large tuft of straM'-like bristles on the 

 nape ; nostrils oblique, oval, situated in the 

 anterior portion of the bill ; throat and sides 



of face bare ; neck with elongated lanceolate [p. 272. 



feathers 9. Bai.eabica, 



1. GRUS. ^ 



Tj-pe. 



Grus, Pallas, Miscell. Zool. fasc. iv. pp. 1-9 (1767) G. grus. 



Megalornis, Gray, List Gen. B. 1841, p. 85 G. grus. 



Banr/e. The greater part of Europe and Northern Asia, extending 

 to N.E. Africa and Lower Egypt, N.W. India, and the Yangtze basin 

 in China. The whole of North America to Mexico and Cuba. 



Key to tlie Species. 



a. Tail grey like the back, or grey with a black 

 band at the end. 

 a'. Throat slaty grey, like the cheeks ; a broad 

 band of white from behind the eye down 

 the sides of the neck; greater wing-coverts 

 with black tips, or with black on the inner 

 webs. 



