192 GRUIDZ 
AVERAGE MEASUREMENTS. 
T'oTAL LENGTH  ... ... 45 in. Female smaller. 
WING ne aa eo ely ake 
BEAK a aN Soa pala 
TARSO-METATARSUS ne 9'6 
Eee seis wate Ape its) x 6 an. 
Note.—A male example of the Demoiselle Crane, Grus 
virgo, is said to have been shot at Deerness, East Mainland, 
Orkney, on May 14th 1863, a companion bird being pur- 
sued, but not obtained (Zool., p. 8692). This inhabitant 
of Africa, Asia, and the south of Europe, has wandered as 
far north as Sweden and Heligoland; it is also frequently 
kept in confinement. An African Crowned Crane, Balea- 
rica pavonina, was mobbed to death by the populace on 
the Sabbath-day, September 17th 1871, near Dalry in 
Ayrshire’ (Saunders). 
