100 CHECK-LIST OF NORTH AMERICAN BIRDS. 
OrDER PALUDICOLA. Cranes, RAILs, ETC. 
SUBORDER GRUES. CRANES, COURLANS, ETC. 
Famity GRUIDZ. CRransEs. 
GENUS GRUS PALLAS. 
Grus Pauuas, Misc. Zool., 1766, 66. Type, by tautonymy, Ardea grus 
LINN2ZUS. 
Grus americana (LINN%us). Whooping Crane. ([204.] 
Ardea americana Linnmus, Syst. Nat., ed. 10, I, 1758, 142. (Florida 
and Hudson Bay.) 
Rance.— North America. Bred formerly from northern Mac- 
kenzie south to Illinois and Iowa; now mainly restricted to southern 
Mackenzie and northern Saskatchewan; in migration formerly not 
rare on the Atlantic coast from New England to Florida and casual 
west to Colorado and Idaho; winters from the Gulf States to central 
Mexico. 
Grus canadénsis (LinNus). Little Brown Crane. [205.] 
Ardea canadensis LinNmus, Syst. Nat., ed. 10, I, 1758, 141. (Hudson 
Bay.) 
RancE.— North America. Breeds from northern Alaska, Melville 
Island, and Boothia Peninsula south to central Alaska, southern 
Mackenzie, and central Keewatin; migrates through the interior of 
United States, and winters south to Texas and Jalisco, Mexico; casual 
west to California. 
Grus mexicina (Miter). Sandhill Crane. [206.] 
Ardea (grus) mexicana MUuueER, Natursyst. Suppl., 1776, 110. (Mexico.) 
Rance.— North America. Resident in Louisiana and Florida; 
bred formerly from southern British Columbia, Saskatchewan, Mani- 
