THE AMERICAN CRANES. 1 45 



is it to get a single shot. At the report of the 

 first barrel one with folded wings and drooping 

 neck turned its course into a downward plunge, 

 and with the second another relaxed its hold on 

 the warm sunlight and, with legs outstretched 

 below, long neck, and bill pointing skyward, and 

 extended wings nearly joined at the tips above, 

 descended in a revolving whirl of white, black, 

 and carmine. 



