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GRALL.r:. 



that of Grus coUaris (Temminck, Planches Coloriees, text to 

 no. 449); and in 1851- that of Antigone montiynesia (Bonaparte, 

 Compt. llcnd. xxxviii. p. GGl). 



The Sacred Crane is found in all the Japanese Islands. It has 

 been recorded from Yezzo as late as January (Blakiston and Pryer, 

 Trans. As. Soc. Japan, 1882, p. 121 ; erroneously called Grus leu- 

 cauchen). Mr. Ringer sent an example from Nagasaki (Seebohm, 

 Ibis, 1884, p. 178), but for some reason or other, possibly its sacred 

 character, it was not obtained by the Sicbold Expedition. 



The Sacred Crane breeds in Eastern Siberia and Japan (David and 

 Oustalet, Ois. de la Chine, p. 436), but is supposed to be only a 

 winter visitor to China. 



356. GRUS LEUCAUCHEN. 



(WIUTE-NAPED CRANE.) 



Grus leticauchen, Temminck, Planches Colorizes, no. 449 (1827). 



The White-naped Crane is a grey bird, with the crown, najic, hind 

 neck, and upper throat white. It is the only Crane in which the 



Grus leucauchen. 



white on the crown is continued along the hind neck to the mantle 

 but not beyond. 



Figures : Tegetmeier, Nat. Hist. Cranes, j). 30. 



