1. GRU3. 2.j7 



Accordiii": to ilr. Ri(l<i;way the tarsus is 6*7-8'44 inches iu length, 

 as ajiainst U"'J-1(>"U5 inches in G. mexicana. 



Hah. Xorthern North America, from Hudson's Bay to Alaska, 

 migrating south through the western United States, east to the 

 Kocky Mountains to Mexico (^lUdjway). 



a. Ad. sk. Hudson's Bay. Sir G. Back [P.]. 



b-f. S $ ad. sk. St. Michaels, Alaska, May, Salvin-Godmau Coll. 



June (£. W. JSelson: Hensh. 



Coll.). 

 g. Imni. sk. San Antonio, Texas (//. E. Salvin-Godman Coll, 



Dresser), 

 h. S fid. ; {. cJ Corpus Christi, Texas, Nov., Salvin-Godman Coll. 

 imm. sk. Dec. (-F. B. Arnistro7i(j) . 



5. Grus monachus. 



Grus monachus, Temm. PI. Col. v. pi. 5oo (1835) ; Gray, List Gralke 

 Brit. Mus. p. 74 (1844) ; id. Gen. B. iii. p. 5.52 (184")) ; Temm. S/- 

 Schl. Faun. Jap. p. 119, pi. 75 (1850); Bj}. Comp. ii. p. !.)8 (1854) ; 

 Swinh. P. Z. S. 1863, p. 309 (X. China and Japan) ; Padde, Peis. 

 Sibir., Vof/. ii. p. 318 (1863 : Desert of Gobi ; Burega Mts., Amoor) ; 

 Schl. Mas. Pat/s-Bas. Ralli, p. 4 (1865) ; Swinh. Ibis, 1867, p. 413 

 (Pekin); JDi/h. S,- Parve.r, J. f. O. 1868, p. 337 (Onon River; 

 Darasuu) ; Siciith. P. Z. S. 1871, p. 402 (Shanghai, winter) ; Grai/, 

 Hand-l. B. iii. p. 24, no. 10081 (1871) ; Tncz. J.f. 0. 1873, p. 100 

 (Kultuk) ; id. J. f. O. 1874, p. 336 ; id. Bull. Soc. Zool. France, i. 

 p. 246 (1876) ; David ^- Oust. Ois. Chine, p. 484 (1877) ; Blakist. 

 f Pryer, Ibis, \67%, p. 220 (Tokio); Przew. in Run-ley's Orn. Misc. 

 iii. p. 47(1878: Kalgan ; Lake Baikal; S.E. Mongolia; Lake 

 Ilanka); Tv</etm. ed. Bli/fh's Mono'/r. Crams, p. 71 (1881); 

 Blukisf. Si P'ryer, B.Japnn, p. 121 (18^2); .Sec6. J6(>, 1884, p. 178 ; 

 Btalcisf. Amended Lid B. Japan, p. 24 (1884 : not in Yezo), p. 42 

 (Nagasaki) ; Boyd. Consp. Av. Imp. Rjss. p. 108 (1884 : Dauria ; 

 Ussuri) ; S'eb. Ibis, 1884, p. 178 (Nagasaki); id. B. Japan. Emp. 

 p. 353 (1890) ; Styan, Ibis, 1891, pp. 329,502 (Yangtze Basin). 



Antigone monachus, Bp. C. P. xxxviii. p. 061 (1854). 



A'Jult male. General colour above and below slaty grey, with 

 brownish margins to the feathers of the upper surface, and with 

 greyish margins to the feathers of the under surface ; primary- 

 coverts and primaries brown ; secondaries like the back, the inner- 

 most secondaries with drooping plumes of decomposed feathers ; 

 fore part of crown, forehead, and lores covered with black hair-like 

 bristles ; hinder crown and hinder neck, sides of upi)er neck, throat, 

 and entire sides of face pure white : " bill greenish, tinged with red 

 towards the base ; feet dull reddish ; iris yellow " ( F. BJyth >. 

 Total length about 36 inches, culmen 4-1, wing about 19'o, tail 6-7, 

 tarsus S'l, middle toe and claw 36. 



Hah. Breeding in Eastern Siberia, and probably also in Southeru 

 Japan, wintering in China. 



a. Ad. St. Japan. Leyden Museum JJ}.]. 



b, c. Ad. sk. Nagasaki, Japan. l-'. Ringer, Esq. [P.]. 

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