256 GEtTID^. 



4. Grus canadensis. 



The Brown and Ash-coloured Crane, Edw. Nat. Hist. B. iii. p. 133, 



pi. 133 (1750 : Hudson's Bay). 

 La Gruede la Baye de Hudson, Briss. Orn.y. p. 385 (1760). 

 Ai-dea canadensis, Linn. Si/st. Nat. i. p. 234 (1766) ; Gm. Sj/st. Nat, 



i. p. 620 (1788). 

 La Grue brune, Buf. Hist. Nat. Ois. vii. p. 310 (1780). 

 Brown Crane, Za^/i. Ge7i. Syn. iii. pt. i. p. 43(1785); Nutt. Man. 



ii. p. 38 (1834). 

 Grus fusca, Vieill. N. Diet. d'Hist. Nat. xiii. p. -558 (1817, pt.). 

 Grus canadensis, Temm. Man. d^Orn. p. c (1820) ; Sabine in Frankl. 

 Journ. p. 685 (1823) ; Richards, in Parn/s 2nd Voy. p. 353 (1824) ; 

 Sivains. ^ Richards. Faun. Sor.-^??i. p. 373 (1831) ; Bonaj). Consp, 

 Av. ii. p. 98 (1854) ; Walker, Ibis, 1860, p. 167 (Pondo Bay ; lat. 

 72° W. Coast of Baffin's Bay) ; Blakist. Ibis, 1863, p. 128 (Sas- 

 ketchewan ; breeding) ; Dresser, Ibis, 1865, p. 315 (Texas) ; Schl. 

 Mus. Parjs-Bas, EaUi, p. 2 (1865, pt.) ; Coues, Ibis, 1866, p. 263 

 (Arizona) ; Brown, Ibis, 1868, p. 424 (Vancouver Tsl.) ; Dall <§• 

 Bann. Tr. Chic. Acad. i.p. 289 (1869 : S. Michaels) ; Gray, Hand-l. 

 B. iii. p. 24, no. 10083 (1871) ; Coues, Key N. Am. B. p. 271 

 (1872) ; Tacz. J. f. 0. 1873, p. 112 (N. of Yakutsk) ; Laivr. Mem. 

 Bost. Soc. N. H. ii. p. 311 (1874 : Mazatlan, Sept. to March) ; 

 Coues, B. N.- West, p. 532 (1874) ; Hensh. Rep. Zool. E.vpl. \QOth 

 Merid. p. 467 (1875) ; Coties, Bull. U.S. Geol. Surv. iv. p. 646 

 (1878 : Pembina, breeds) ; Merrill, Pr. U.S. Nat. Mtts. i. p. 165 

 (1878 : S. Texas) ; Adams, Ibis, 1878, p. 437 (Michaelaski, breeding) ; 

 Teaetm. ed. Blyth, Man. Cranes, p. 72 (1881) ; Coues, Check-l.'N. 

 Am. B. p. 108 (1882) ; Bean, Pr. U.S. Nat. Mus. v. p. 166 (1882 : 

 Diomede Isl. ; Choris Peninsula), p. 173 (Escholtz Bay) ; Baird, 

 Breicer, ^- Ridyw. Water-B. N. Am. i. p. 407 (1884) ; Coues, Key 

 N. Am. B. 2nd ed. p. 667 (1884); Dreic, Auk, ii. p. 18 (1886: 

 Colorado) ; Murdoch, t. c. p. 63 (Point Barrow, June ) ; Beckh. t. c. 

 p. 144 (Colorado) ; Turner, t. c. p. 157 (Nearer Isl., Alaska); 

 Murdoch, t. c. p. 201 (Point Barrow) ; Agersh. t. c. p. 287 (S.E. 

 Dakota, breeding) ; Murdoch, Rep. Polar Exped. Point Barrow, 

 p 116 (1885) ; A. O. U. Check-l. p. 189 (1886) ; Turner, Contr. 

 Nat. Alaska, p. 145 (1886) : Ridgw. Man. N. Am. B. p. 135 (1887); 

 Nelson, Rep. Nat. Hist. Alaska, p. 94 (1887 ; breeding) : Tovnis. 

 Auk, iv. p. 12 (1887 : Alaska) : Dretv, t. c. p. 264 (Colorado) ; 

 Merrill, Auk, v. p. 144 (1888 : Ft. Klamath) ; Warren, B. Penns. 

 App. p. 234 (1888) ; Goss, Auk, vi. p. 126 (1888 : Kansas, migrant) ; 

 Chajwt. Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist. iii. p. 131 (1890: British 

 Columbia) ; Brejust. Auk, vii. p. 89 (1890 : Pthode Isl., Oct.) ; 

 Mcfarl. Pr. U.S. Nat. Mus. xiv. p. 425 (1891). 

 Grus americana, Gray (nee L.), List Grail. Brit. Mus. p. 74 (1844, 



pt.) ; id. Gen. B.iii. p. 652 (1845). 

 Grus fraterculus, Cassin in Baird, Cassin, Sf Lawr. B. N. Am. p. 596 

 (1858, =juv.) ; Gray, Hand-l. B. iii. p. 24, no. 10004 (1871) ; Tacz. 

 Bull. Soc. Zool. France, i. p. 246 (1876 : Cape Tschukoss) ; Allen, 

 Bull. Nutt. Orn. Club, v. p. 123 (1880) ; Teyetm. ed. Bhjth, Mon, 

 Cranes, p. 78 (1881) ; Ridgw. Pr. U.S. Nat. Mus. iii. p. 202 (1881) ; 

 Boucard, P. Z. S. 1883, p. 461 (Tiziman, Yucatan, March) ; Bogd, 

 Consp. Av. Imp. Ross. p. 107 (1884). 

 Adult. Similar to G. mexicana, but smaller, and with a decidedly 

 shorter tarsus. Total length about 35 inches, culmen 4*2, wing 

 about 18, tail 7*5, tarsus 7*9, middle toe and claw 3-3. 



