GllALL.'E. 



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occurrence in Japan is tlie example figured iu the ' Fauna Japonica ' 

 under the name of Grus cinerea lungirustris. Tliere is an example in 

 the Swinhoe collection from South-east China. 



Grus cinerea. 



The breeding-range of the Common Crane extends from Europe 

 across Southern Siberia to Kamtschatka. It no longer breeds in 

 the British Islands, but is occasionally seen on migration. 



354. GRUS LEUCOGERANUS. 

 (SIBERIAN WHITE CRANE.) 



Grus leucogeranus, Pallas, Eeise Russ. Reichs, ii. p. 438 (1773). 



The Siberian White Crane is white all over, except the primaries 

 which are black, and the fore part of the head which is almost bare 

 of feathers. No other Japanese Crane has a white body and a white 

 neck. 



Figures : Temminck, Planches Coloriees, no. 467 (adult) ; Tem- 

 minck and Schlegel, Fauna Japonica, Avcs, pi. 73 (young) ; Dresser, 

 Birds of Europe, vii. pi. 507 (adult) . 



