342 GRUID. 
THE CoMMON CRANE. 
Kullum or Kulang, Hin. 
Length, 43 to 48 ; expanse, 79 to 91; wing, 205 to 24; tail, 
70 to 9°12 ; tarsus, 825 to 9:9; bill from gape, 43 to 48; weight, 
92 to. tsi bs. 
Bill dingy horny-green, yellowish at tip; irides deep reddish or 
dingy-orange ; legs and feet black. 
Forehead and cheeks nude, with black bristly hairs; crown 
nude, dull orange-red ; occiput, throat, and fore part of the neck, 
of a deep blackish-grey ; between the eyes, sides of the head and 
upper part of the neck, white ; as is the greater part of the back 
of the neck, but the color impure and with a reddish tinge. All 
the upper part of the body and the lower plumage dark ashy- 
blue; quills and greater-coverts dull black; secondaries and 
tertiaries grey, black tipped, the latter narrowing to a point with 
the barbs of the uppermost feathers disunited, and all arching 
down and forming an elegant tuft of floating plumes, which it is 
able to erect at pleasure. 
The Common Crane occurs abundantly in suitable localities, 
(wherever there are large tanks) throughout the region, but only 
during the cold season. The Kulung or Kullum is one of the 
finest game birds in India, as it is one of the wariest. It is almost 
impossible to stalk them while feeding, as they leave some of their 
number as sentinels, and on the slightest symptom of danger they 
give the alarm, and the whole flock rises, and is soon out of 
danger. 
Genus, Anthropoides, Veil. 
Bill shorter than Grus, depressed at the base, and slightly 
swollen at the tip ; tarsus lengthened ; head and neck densely 
feathered ; the feathers of the neck and breast lanceolate and 
hackled. Of smaller size, and the neck less lengthened than 
in the previous species. 
Anthropoides virgo, Lin. 
866.—Jerdon’s Birds of India, Vol. II, p, 666; Butler, Guzerat ; 
Stray Feathers, Vol. IV, p. 15 ; Deccan, Stray Feathers, Vol. IX, 
p- 427; Murray’s Vertebrate Zoology of Sind, p. 287; Game 
Birds of India, Vol. III, p. 31. 
THE DEMOISELLE CRANE. 
Karonch or Karkarva, Hin. 
Length, 31 to 35°5; expanse, 66 to 73; wing, 18 to 21; tail, 
6 to 7°5; tarsus, 6°25 to 75; bill from gape, 2°7 to 3:5; weight, 5 
to 6% lbs. 
Bill greenish, reddish at tip; irides rich red; legs and feet 
black. 
Forehead, face, sides of head, neck, and the lengthened breast 
plumes, black ; a tuft of white decomposed feathers extending 
