236 



GnvwM. 



I have not a satisfactory specimen. 



Hab. — Throughout the greater part of India. It is rare in Sind. In the 

 Punjab it is found in the Delhi and other districts , also in Rajputana^ Kutch^ 

 Concan and Deccan. Breeds over the whole of the N. W. Provinces, 

 Upper Bengalj Oudh and Guzerat, also Central India and Khandeish. 



Grus leucogeranus, Fall. It. t. i ; P. C. 467 ; Jerd. B. lud. iii. p- 

 663; Str. F, J. 235; vii. 437; Murray, Hdbh., Zool, 8fc., Sind, p- 

 213. — The Large White^ Snow-wreath, or Siberian Ceane. 



Plumage wholly white; primaries black ; tertiaries white, much 

 lengthened and reaching to or beyond the end of the tail ; nude parts 

 of the face and legs red; hind head subcrested. In the young Mr. 

 Hume {Game Birds of India) says "There is no bare space about the 

 face, the whole head and upper half of the neck are of a somewhat 

 rusty buff, which is deepest on the head and cheeks, and pale on the 

 chin and throat." 



LengtJi, Male. — 53 to 56 inches, wing 23 to 26, expanse 90 to 99'5, 

 tarsi 11 to 12, bill from gape 7*75 to 8, Females are smaller, irides 

 pale yellow, bill brown, nasal membrane red. 



Hab. — A winter migrant to India ; occurs in the N. W. Provinces, 

 Punjab, and the Himalayas ; also in Afghanistan, Eastern Turkistan 

 and Siberia. Uncommon in Sind. I have never met with it. Mr. Hume 

 has however seen and recorded it. 



Gru3 cinerea. 



