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wings. The wings, under surface, and tail are black, and the feathers of the tail are soft 

 and short. 



THE QARIAMA is rather larger than the trumpeter, and has many of the same habits. It 

 is chiefly remarkable for the feathery crest on the crown and forehead. Ite picture is given on 

 the next page. 



The Qariama is an admirable runner, getting over the ground with astonishing speed, and 

 turning and twisting with such adroit rapidity that even the admirable horsemen of its native 

 land find it put their skill to the sharpest test. Not until it is quite wearied out, and crouches 

 under a bush or other shelter, does the hunter endeavor to use either rifle or lasso, the two 

 deadly weapons of his land. The walk of this l>inl is peculiarly bold and easy, ito paces are 

 long, its lithe neck moves with every step as it continually turns ita little sharp-looking head 

 from side to side, and its full intelligent eyes gleam through their heavy lashes as they survey 

 every object within their ken. The eyea are truly beautiful, large, round, and translucent, of a 

 clear pearly-gray, with many little dark changing spots, much like the eye of a living dragon-fly. 



It is easily tamed, and soon becomes so attached to its new hom- that it is :i<viist,,in.-<l to 

 roam about at will, and t-> n-tnrn to ita owner like the common fowl. The nest of this bird is 

 placed upon >the branches of a rather low tree, Is made of sticks, and generally contains two 

 white eggs. 



The general color of the (,'nriama is pale brown, with numerous irregular splashes of dark 

 brown. The crest is always held erect, and the feathers of tin- forehead project slightly ov.-r 

 the beak. The wing is blacker brown than the n-st of the body, and is covered with narrow 

 white streaks, dotted with !>la-k. The un-l.-r part* an- irrax i-h-white, the bill is red, and th.- 

 legs orange. In total length it measures aUmt thirty-two in<'h>-. 



ALTHOUGH in former days tolerably common all <>v.-r Kurope, the CRANE has now, with 

 the bustard, almost disappeared from the northern ...untries of the Eastern hemisphere. A 



