ORDER PALUDICOL^:. 139 



204. Grus americana (LINN.). 



Whooping Crane. 



Ardea americana LINN. S. N. ed. 10, I. 1758, 142. 



Grus americana Sw. RICH. Faun. Bor. Am. II. 1831, 372. 



[B 478, C 462, R 582, C 668.] 



HAB. Interior of North America, from the Fur Countries to Flor- 

 ida, Texas, and Mexico, and from Ohio to Colorado. Formerly on the 

 Atlantic coast, at least casually, to New England. 



205. Grus canadensis (LINN.). 



Little Brown Crane. 



Ardea canadensis LINN. S. N. ed. 10, I. 1758, 141. 

 Grits canadensis TEMM. Man. I. 1820, p. c. 



[B 480, C 463, R 584, C 669.] 



HAB. Arctic and subarctic America, breeding from the Fur Coun- 

 tries and Alaska to the Arctic coast, migrating south in winter into 

 the Western United States. 



206. Gms mexicana (MULL.). 



Sandhill Crane. 



Ardea (grus) mexicana MULL. S. N. Suppl. 1776, no. 

 Grus mexicana RIDGW. Pr. U. S. Nat. Mus. VIII. 1885, 356. 



[B 479, C , R 583, C 670.] 



HAB. Southern half of North America ; now rare near the Atlantic 

 coast, except in Georgia and Florida. 



SUBORDER RALLI. RAILS, GALLINULES, COOTS, ETC. 

 FAMILY ARAMIDJE. COURLANS. 



GENUS ARAMUS VIEILLOT. 

 Aramus VIEILL. Analyse, 1816, 58. Type, Ardea scolopacea GMEL. 



