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part of the crown and tlie cheeks bare, warty, and red, with black 

 hairs. It is found westward to Lake Baikal, and southward in 

 winter to the Yangtse basin. G. {Bugeranus) carunculata, the 

 " Wattled " Crane of South Africa, is slaty-coloured, becoming 

 blacker towards the tail, and browner towards the mantle ; the 

 cheeks and the whole neck are white, with elongated chest plumes ; 



Fig. 51. — Crowned Crane. Ijalcunca ^xivoniaa. x ^. 



a lappet, with white feathering, hangs from each side of the 

 throat ; and the fore-part of the head is covered with bare red 

 papillose skin. G. {Tctrapteryx) paradisea, the "Stanley" Crane of 

 the same districts, is leaden blue, with black ends to the inner 

 secondaries, and a white crown ; the head is entirely feathered, and 

 the chest plumes elongated as in the next species. G. (Anthro- 

 po'ides) Virgo, the "Demoiselle" Crane, inhabits South Europe, 

 and extends to Central Asia and North China, miijrating to 



