NORTHERN OCEAN, 
Jarge and black. It ufually frequents open 
{wamps, the fides of rivers, and the margins of 
lakes and ponds, feeds on frogs and {mall fifh, 
and efteemed good eating. ‘The wing-bones of 
this bird are fo long and large, that 1 have known 
them made into flutes with tolerable fuccefs. It 
feldom has more than two young, and retires 
Southward early in the fall. 
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The Brown Crane. This fpecies is far infe- Gro*" 
rior in fize to the former, being feldom three 
feet anda half in length, and on an average not 
weighing feven pounds. ‘Their haunts and man- 
ner of life are nearly the fame as that of the Hoop- 
ing Crane, and they never have more than two 
young, and thofe feldom fly till September. They 
are found farther North than the former, for I 
have killed feveral of them on Marble Ifland, and 
have feen them on the Continent as high as the 
Jatitude 65°. They are generally cReemed good 
eating, and, from the form of the body when fit 
for the {pit, they acquire the name of the North | 
Weft Turkey. There is a circumftance refpect- 
ing this bird that is very peculiar; which is, that 
the gizzard is larger than that of a fwan, and re- 
markably fo in the young birds. The Brown 
Cranes are frequently feen in hot calm days to 
foar to an amazing height, always flying in circles, ° 
till by degrees they are almoft out of fight, yet 
their note is fo loud, that the fport{man, before 
he fees their fituation, often fancies they are very 
-near him. They vifit Hudfon’s Bay in far 
greater 
