THE BIRDS OF CUMBERLAND. 129 



Family GRUID^. 

 GexNus GRUS. 



G. Communis. Crane. 



The Crane is an accidental visitant on migration. 

 A single straggler, which had wandered west on the 

 vernal passage, appeared in the neighbourhood of 

 Allonby on the Solway, in the spring of 1869, and 

 was identified by several persons. The exact date 

 is supplied by the follo^Wng entry in Miss Mann's 

 diary for that year. — "Thursday, April 29, 1869, 



very cold morning Matthew and Tom 



fired two shots at a Crane, but did not get it." 

 Mr. Matthew Mann and Mr. Thomas Mann did, 

 however, stalk their rare visitant to some purpose ; 

 for, though they did not bag the bird, they knocked 

 out some grey feathers, which they sent to Mr. J. J. 

 Armistead, who kindly tells us that they were 

 certainly Crane feathers. 



Family OTID.^. 

 Genus OTIS. 



O. Tarda. Great Bustard. 



The Great Bustard is an extremely rare casual 

 visitant. A single female was shot in a turnip field 

 near Brampton, on the 8th of March, 1854, and 

 weighed 11 lbs. (Zool., 1854, p. 4407; Hancock, 

 Cat. B. of N. and D., p. 95.) 



