NUMIDIAN CRANE 



DEMOISELLE CRANE. 



PLATE CLVIL FIGURE I. 



Grus virgo, HARTING. DRESSER. 



Anthropoides virgo, . . . VIEILLOT. BONAPARTE. 



THREE specimens of this species have been seen in Great 

 Britain. It breeds throughout Africa and Southern Asia. 

 The nest, which is always on the ground, is made of dry 

 herbage. 



The eggs are two in number. They are of a dull rather 

 light yellowish-brown ground colour, marked over, mostly 

 at the thicker end, with a somewhat darker shade of amber 

 brown. 



