8. ANTHROPOIDES. 269 



Tetrapteryx paradispa, Bp. Consp. Av. ii. p. 101 (18o4") ; Gumep in 

 AndiTsson's B. Dam. Land, i). 278 (1">72); Buck/et/, //yw, 1^74, 

 p. 389 (Transvaal) ; Iloluh ^- Felz. Beitr. Orn. iSudafr. p. 248 

 (1882); Jories, P. Z. S. 1882, p. 353. 



Geranus paradisea, Bp. C. R. xxxriii. p. 661, note fl854). 



Grus caUra, Fritsrh, Drei Jahre in Sudafr. p. 108 (1808). 



Adult male. General colour above and below light slaty grey, the 

 feathers of the upper surface ■wiMi pale ashy margins ; wing-coverts 

 also slaty grey ; bastard-wing, primar}--coverts, and quills brown, 

 shaded with ashy ; secondaries for the most part ashy, the innermost 

 ones enormously prolonged ; head entirel}' feathered, lores and 

 crown of head white, with a frill of dense feathers on the nape, 

 which are dark ashy grey, the chin, cheeks, and ear-coverts paler 

 and more pearly grey ; remainder of under surface slaty grey, the 

 feathers of the fore neck and chest conspicuously elongated and 

 lanceolate : " bill yellow ochre with a tinge of red ; legs black ; 

 iris dark brown " {Butler, Feihlen, and Reid) : " bill, tarsi, and feet 

 \A&ck" {T. Ayres). Total length about 40 inches, culmen 3'6, 

 wing about 23, tail 9-5, tarsus 9-S, middle toe and claw 4-3. 



Adult female. Smaller than the male {E. L. Layard). 



Hab. South Africa from the Cape Colony east to Mashona-land, 

 and west to Great Namaqua-land and Damara-land. 



a. Juv. St. South Africa. Purchased. 



b, c. Ad. et South Africa. Purchased, 

 imm. St. 



d. 2 ad. St. South Africa. Lord Lilford [P.]. 



e. Ad. (head). Ingagane River, Natal, July 9. Capt. Savile IJeid [C.]. 



f. Ad. sk. Trausvaal. ' A. Foreman, Esq. [P.]. 

 ff. cJ ad. sk. Potchefstroom, Transvaal, Feb. F. A. Barratt, Esq.[P.J. 

 h. Skeleton. South Africa. Purchased. 



8. ANTHROPOIDES. 



Type. 



Authropoides, Vieill. Anali/se, p. 5!) (1816) A' virgo. 



Philorchemon, Gloyer, llandb. Naturg. p. 438 (1842) A. virgo. 



Scops, Graij, Gen. B. iii. p. 553 (1845 ; ex Mohritig) A. virgo. 



Range. The same as that of the single species of the genus. 



1. Anthropoides virgo. 



The Numidian Crane. Albin, Nat. Hist. B. iii. p. 78, pi. 83 (1740). 

 The Deinoisflle of Numidia, Edicards, Nat. Hist. B. iii. p. 134, 



pi. 134 (1751). 

 La Grue de Nuniidie, Briss. Orn. V. p. 388 (1760). 

 Ardea virgo, Linn. Syst. Nat. i. 234 (1760); Gm. Syst. Nat. i. 



p. 019 (1788) ; Shaw &■ Nudder, Nat. Misc. xxiv. pi. 1041 (1813) ; 



Vieill. Gal. Ois. Sappl. ])1. 18 (1825). 

 La Demoiselle de Numidie, Daubcnt. PI. Enl. viii. pi. 241 ; Buffon, 



Hist. Nat. Ois. ^^i. p. 313, tab. 15 (1780). 

 Demoiselle Heron, Lath. Gen. Si/n. iii. pt. i. p. 35 (1785). 

 Grus virgo, Pall. Zoogr. Rosso- Asiat. ii. p. 108 (1811); Wagler, 



Sgst. Av., Grus, sp. 2 (1827); Natun. lUg. Deutschl. ix. p. 386, 



pi. 232 (1838) ; Temm. Man. d'Orn. iv. p. 307 (1840) ; Werner, 



