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h G R CI S NEREA, SHAW.} COMMON CRANE ' 



A. occipite nudo papillose, pileo remigibusque nigris, 

 corpore cinereo, tectricibus intimis laceris. Lath. 



The bill is greenish black ; the hides red brown ; 

 the crown black ; the skin red ; a bare place behind 

 the head; the sides of the head, behind the eyes, 

 and hinder part of the neck are white ; between the 

 bill, eyes, cheeks, and fore-part of the neck are blackish 

 ash colour; the greater wing-coverts blackish; the 

 bastard wings and quills quite black ; the rest of 

 the plumage is bright ash colour; the tail feathers 

 resembling the plumes of the ostrich ; the legs and 

 thighs are black. 



Length 5 feet. 



The female lays 2 greyish green eggs, spotted with 

 brown. 



The trachia enters the keel of the sternum, and is doubly 

 reflected. In the female the doubling is not so considerable. 



2 1 NIGRA. BLACK STORK. 



A. nigra orbitis nudis, peclore abdomineque albo. 

 Lath. 



The bill is 7 inches long, dusky red, orange at 

 the tip ; irides light hazel ; lore and orbits red ; the 



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