76 Birds of Canada. 
FAMILY GRUID-. LHE CRANES: 
Grus canadensis—The Sandhill Crane. 
The Sandhill Crane is an accidental visitor ; 
a few specimens are occasionally seen during the 
spring and autumn migrations. Breeds in Mani- 
toba and British Columbia. Length, fifty inches; 
beak, four inches; top of the head covered with 
a red skin; neck, gray; belly, breast, sides, and 
thighs, ash color; tail, deep ash color; legs and 
bare part of the thigh, black. 
Grus americana-——The White Crane. 
This magnificent bird occasionally visits West- 
ern Canada. It is fifty-two inches in length ; 
the plumage, pure white. Its migrations extend 
from South America to the arctic circle. 
Ibis falcinellus—The Glossy Ibis. 
This beautiful bird is an accidental visitor. 
Head, glossy green, with purple reflections; neck, 
back, breast, and abdomen, dark chestnut; part 
of breast shaded with green; sides, dusky, tinged 
with green; edge of wings dark red, upper parts, 
dark green, glossed with purple. Breeds in 
Virginia and Florida. 
