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OF THE BALEARIC AND OTHER FOREIGN CRANES. 



The balearic crane is about the size of the ordinary 

 one, with long neck and legs, like all other of their 

 kind ; but the bill is rather shorter, and the colour of 

 the feathers of a dark-greenish grey : on the head is 

 erected a thick round crest made of bristles, spreading 

 every way, in appearance resembling rays standing out 

 in different directions : the longest of these rays (if 

 such they may be called,) measure about three inches 

 and a half in length, all of which are topped with a 

 kind of black tassel, which makes them appear very 

 beautiful to the sight : the sides of the head and 

 cheeks are bare, of a whitish cast, but edged with red; 

 and underneath the throat is a kind of bag or wattle, 

 resembling that which grows upon the cock : the 

 eyes are very large and staring, the pupil black, and 

 the iris the colour of bright gold. 



This bird comes from Africa and the Cape de Verde 

 islands ; and so much do they resemble the peacock in 

 manners and disposition, that Ray has chosen to rank 

 them with that tribe, under the denomination of the 

 Sea-peacock. 



The jabira, and the jabira-guacu, are both natives 

 of the Brazils, though we know but little of the history 

 of these birds, except that the jabira is rather larger 

 than a swan, and that its bill is about eleven inches 

 long. The jabira-guacu is about the size of a stork, 

 with a bill that is thirteen inches in length ; both are 

 covered with white feathers, except upon the head and 

 neck, each of which are completely bald. 



The anhima is likewise a native of Brazil, bigger than 

 the swan, and of the rapacious kind : the head, which 

 is small for the size of the body, is distinguished by a 



