272 



h. (S ad. sk. 

 i-n. cJ ad. ; 



ad. sk. 

 p, q. 6 ad. 



imm. sk. 

 r. c? 2 ad. sk. 



s. Ad. sk. 

 t, u. Ad. sk. 

 V. Ad. sk. 

 w-z. Ad. sk. 

 a'. Ad. sk. 



b'. Ad. sk. 

 c'. Skeleton. 

 d' . Sternum. 



Marwar, Oct. 10 {G. King). 

 0. 2 Sauibhur, Dec. (i2. Tl-Z.^lc^a/H)- 



et Delhi Distr., Dec. 27 {A. 0. 



H.). 

 Gurjraon Distr., Feb. 21 ( W. 



N. Chill). 

 Bareilly, Jan. 

 Etawali. 

 Oudh, Dec. 

 Nepal. 

 Native Sikhim, April (Z. 



MandeUi). 

 Khandeish. 



Hume Coll. 

 Hume Coll. 



Hume Coll. 



Hume Coll. 



Hume Coll. 

 Hume Coll. 

 Hume Coll. 

 Hodgson Coll. 

 Hume Coll. 



India Museum. 



Eyton Coll. 



9. BALEARICA. 



Type. 



Balearica, Briss. Orn. v. p. 511 (1760) B. pavonina. 



Gerauarchus, Glogei; Handb. Naturg. p. 4.38 (1812). ... B. pavoniua. 



Range. Africa, ranging into Southern Europe occasionaUj, and 

 perhaps to the Persian Gulf. 



Key to the Species, 



a. Bare sides of face parti-coloured, the upper 



part of the bare patch white, the lower 



pinkish, neck-feathers blackish pavonina, p. 272. 



b. Bare sides of face white with a line of ver- 



milion ou upper margin ; neck light 



a . Upper margins of bare face rounded and 



not produced to the region of the 



occiput chrysopelargus, p. 274. 



b'. Upper margin of bare face produced in 



a small triangle to the sides of the 



occiput gihhericeps, p. 275. 



1. Balearica pavonina. 



The Crowned African Crane, Edwards, Nat. Hist. B. iv. p. 192, pi. 



192 (1751: pt.). 

 L'Oiseau royal, Bi-iss. Orn. v. p. 511, pi. xli. (1760). 

 Ardea pavoniua, Limi. Sgst. Nat. i. p. 233 (1766) ; G?h. Syst. Nat. i. 



p. 619 (1788) ; Vieill. Gal. Ois. Suppl. pi. 17 (1825). 

 Crowned Heron, Lath. Gen. Syn. iii. pt. i. p. 34 (1785). 

 Anthropoides pavonina, Vieill. op. cit. ii. p. 165 (1816) ; id. Gal. Ois. 



ii. pi. 257 (juv.) ; Bennett, P. Z. S. 18.33, p. 118 (W. Africa). 

 Grus balearica, Vieill. N. Diet. cFHist. Nat. xiii. p. 557 (1817). 

 Balearica pavonina. Children in Denham Sf Ckippert. Trav. ii. App. 



p. 200 (1826: Lake Tchad) ; Less. Traite d'Orn. p. 588 (1831); 



Gray, Gen. B. iii. p. 553 (1845) ; Riipp. Syst. Uebers. p. 120 



(1845) ; Bp. Consp. ii. p. 102 (1854) ; Heugl. Si/st. Uebers. p. 57 



(1856) ; Hartl. Orn. Westafr. p. 218 (1857) j Tristr. Ibis, 1860 



