GRUS. 



119 



ii. p. 4; Murray, Avif, Brit. Ind. ii. p. 6oO, No. 1278.— The Large White, 

 Snow-wreath, or Siberian Crane. 



Plumage wholly white ; primaries black ; tertiaries white, much lengthened 

 and reaching to or beyond the end of the tail ; nude parts of the face and 

 legs red ; hind head subcrested. In the young Mr. Hume {Game Birds of 

 India) says : " There is no bare space about the face, the whole head and upper 

 half of the neck are of a somewhat rusty buff, which is deepest on the head 

 and cheeks, and paler on the chin and throat." 



Length, Male.— '^i to 56 inches; wing 23 to 26; expanse 90 to 99-5 ; tarsi 

 II to 12 ; bill from gape 775 to 8. Females are smaller ; irides pale yellow; 

 bill brown ; nasal membrane red. 



Hab.—k winter migrant to India ; occurs in the N.-W. Provinces, Punjab, 

 Sind, parts of the Central Provinces and the Himalayas ; also in Afghanistan, 

 Eastern Turkistan and Siberia. Uncommon in Sind. I have never met with 

 it. Mr. Hume has however seen and recorded it. 



Grus cinerea. 

 148. Grus cinerea {Bechst.), Bodd. PL En. 769; Gould, B. Eur. 

 pi. 270; Jerd., B. Ind. iii. p. 865 ; Sir. F. i. p. 235 ; iv. p. 15 ; Murray, 



