354 BIEDS OF BRITISH BUEMAH. 



of this bird, which Capt. Wardlaw "Ramsay recently examined in Edinburgh, 

 formed part of a collection made at Darjeeling ; but Prof. Traquair, of the 

 Edinburgh Museum, kindly informs me that some of the birds in this same 

 collection came from Cachar, and the Finfoot may consequently have been 

 shot in this part of India and not at Darjeeling. It is not unlikely,, how- 

 ever, to be found in the hill-streams of the Himalayas as far west as 

 Nipal. 



This bird has been found, as above recorded, in a swamp ; Mr. Davison 

 shot it on the sea-coast and in mountain-streams far in the depths of the 

 forest, so that it appears to affect all parts of the country. It swims well 

 with all the body immersed ; but when disturbed it takes wing or 

 scrambles up the bank of the stream into the jungle. 



Suborder ALECTORIDES. 

 Family GRUID^E. 



Genus GEUS, Bechst. 



705. GRUS ANTIGONE. 



THE SARUS CRANE. 



Ardea antigone, Linn. Syst. Nat. i. p. 235. Grus antigone, Jerd. B. Ind. ii. 

 p. 662 ; Hume, Nests and Eggs, p. 584 ; Bl. B. Burm. p. 157 ; Oates, S. F. v. 

 p. 164 ; Wardlaw Ramsay, Ibis, 1877, p. 469 ; Hume fy Dav. S. F. vi. p. 458 ; 

 Anderson, Yunnan Exped. p. 684; Hume, S. F. viii. p. 112; Hume fy Marsh. 

 Game Birds, iii. p, 1, pi. ; Oates, S. F. x. p. 238. 



Description. Head and a portion of the neck naked, brick-red in 

 colour ; the whole plumage greyish blue ; the quills and inner webs of the 

 tail-feathers darker ; ear- coverts white ; the nape and naked portion of the 

 neck covered with black hair-like feathers. 



At the breeding-season, from April to October, there is a white collar 

 immediately below the naked portion of the neck ; the scapulars and 

 tertiaries become lengthened and white. 



Irides reddish orange ; bill and coronal skin greenish glaucous ; skin of 

 the face and neck pale brick-red ; legs fleshy pink, brownish in front. 

 (Wardlaw Ramsay.} 



Length about 55 inches, tail 11, wing 26, the tertiaries extending some 



