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Limnobaenus fuscus (L,), Red- 

 throated Eail. 



Limnobaenus paykulli (Ljungh). 



Coturnicops exquisita (Swin.), Ex- 

 quisite Crake. 



Porzana pusilla auricularis (Reich), 

 Baillon Crake. 



Amaurornis coccineipes (Slater), 

 Crimson-legged Water Hen. 



Family, Gruidae, The Cranes. 



The bill and tarsi of the Cranes are 

 both long, and the lores are covered 

 with bristles. Externally they 

 resemble the Herons and Storks. 

 Their wings ai'e long and they fly with 

 their necks straight out, as do the 

 Storks, but their toes are short and not 

 on the same level, the hind one being 

 especially small and much raised. They 

 lack both the powder-down patches 

 and the comb-like nail of the Herons. 

 Their nostrils are long slits. Cranes 

 frequent plains and marshes and feed 

 on all kinds of small animal and 

 vegetable food. 



The family is cosmopolitan in its 

 range, and contains about 19 species, 

 of which China has 6, and the Yangtse 

 Valley 5. 



They are all winter visitants and are 

 as follows : — 



Grus lilfordi Sharpe, Gray Crane. 



Grus japonensia (Muller), Green- 

 billed Crane. 



GrusmonachusTemm., White-head- 

 ed Crane. 



Pseudogeranus leucauchen (Temm), 

 Manchurian Crane. 



Sarcogeranus leucogeranus (Pall), 

 White Siberian Crane. 



