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part of the crown and the 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 ; 
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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. (L'etrapterya) 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- 
poides) virgo, the “ Demoiselle” Crane, inhabits South Europe, 
and extends to Central Asia and North China, migrating to 
