COMMON CRANE. 



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beak measured four inches and a half; the tarsus nine inches, 

 the bare part above it four inches. 



The sexes, when old, are alike in plumage, but the males 

 are larger than the females. Young birds have less variation 

 in colour about the head, and the ash grey plumage of the 

 body is mixed with dull brown. 



