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50.00-54.00, extent 92.00, wing 22.00-25.00, culmen 5.35-5.80, depth of 

 bill at ba80 1.40, tarsus 11.00-12.00, middle too 4.25. Eggs 4.04 X 2.50. 

 Hob. Interior of North America north to the Saskatchewan, south to 

 Florida and central Mexico. 



204. G. americana (Linn.). 'Whoopmg Crane. 

 a}. Tarsus 10.00, or less ; bill more slender, its depth through base less than one- 

 fourth the length of the culmen ; distance from posterior end of nostril to 

 base of upper mandible less than one-half the distance from anterior end of 

 nostril to tip of upper mandible. Adult deep slate-graj^ or brownish, the 

 cheeks normally feathered. 



Adult : Entire plumage slate-gray, varying from a bluish or plumbeous 

 shade to brownish, sometimes tinged or even extensively washed with 

 rusty, the primainos darker, the cheeks and throat paler, sometimes 

 almost white. Young : Entirely brown, more or less washed, especially 

 on upper parts, with tawny cinnamon or rusty ; head entirely feathered. 

 b'. Larger: Length 40.00-48.00, wing 21.00-22.50 (21.83), culmen 5.15- 

 6.00 (5.47), depth of hill at base .95-1.10 (1.01), tarsus 9.90-10.65 

 (10.25), middle toe 3.40-3.60 (3.50), bare part of tibia 4.60-5.00 

 (4.78). Eggs 3.98 X 2.44. Hab. United States, chiefly from Mis- 

 sissippi Yalley west to Pacific coast, south into Mexico, and east- 

 ward along Gulf coast to Florida and Georgia. 



206. G. mexicana (Mull.). Sandhill Crane. 

 b'. Smaller: Length about 35.00, wing 17.50-20.00 (18.70), culinm 3.04- 

 4.20 (3.61), depth of bill at base .70-.80 (.77), tarsus 6.70-8.44 (7.57), 

 middle toe 2.60-3.36 (2.91), bare portion of tibia 2.90-3.50 (3.13). 

 Eggs 3.66 X 2.28. Hab. Northern North America, from Iludson's 

 Bay to Alaska, migrating south through western United States, cast 

 of Eocky Mountains, to ^Mexico. 



205. G. canadensis (Linn.). Little Brown Crane. 



Family ARAMID^E.— The Courlans. (Page 134.) 



Genera. 

 (Characters same as those of the Family-) Aramus. (Pai;c 135.) 



Genus ARAMUS Tieillot. (Page 135, pi. XXXVIIL, fig. 2.) 



Species. 



Common Characters. — Prevailing color dark brown (the quills and tail- 

 feathers glossed with purjilish), the head and neck (sometimes back and lower 

 parts also) striped with white. JS^est on bushes or clumps of rank grasses or reeds 

 along side of marsh or stream. 



a'. White stripes extending over back, wing-coverts, and lower parts. Young simi- 

 lar to adult, but white stripes much narrower and less sharply defined, and 



