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OrDER PALUDICOL. CRaAngs, RAILS, ETc. 
SUBORDER GRUES. CRANES. 
FamMity GRUIDZ. Cranes. 
Genus GRUS Patras. 
Grus Pat.. Misc. Zool. 1766, 66. Type, Ardea grus LINN. 
204. Grus americana (Linvn.). 
Whooping Crane. 
Ardea americana LINN. S. N. ed. to, I. 1758, 142. 
Grus americana ViEILL. Nouv. Dict. d’Hist. Nat. XIII. 1817, 
sans 
[B 478, C 462, R 582, C 668.] 
Geoc. Dist.— Interior of North America, from the Fur Countries 
to Florida, Texas, and Mexico, and from Ohio to Colorado.  For- 
merly on the Atlantic coast, at least casually, to New England. 
205. Grus canadensis (LINN.). 
Little Brown Crane. 
Ardea canadensis LINN. S. N. ed. 10, I. 1758, 141. 
Grus canadensis TEMM. Man. I. 1820, p. c. 
[B 480, C 463, R 584, C 669.| 
Groc. Dist.— Arctic and subarctic America, breeding from the 
Fur Countries and Alaska to the Arctic coast, migrating south in 
winter into the western United States. 
206. Grus mexicana (MiZLL.). 
Sandhill Crane. 
Ardea (grus) mexicana MULL. S. N. Suppl. 1776, 110. 
Grus mexicana ViniLL. Nouv. Dict. d’Hist. Nat. XIII. 1817, 56r. 
