LITTLE BROWN CRANE 

 205. Grus canadcnsis. 3G in. 



Like the next and better known species, but smaller [. 

 and browner, especially on the wings. 



Range. Breeds in the interior of Northern Canada; j 

 migrates, west of the Mississippi and east of the Rockies, : 

 to Mexico. 



SANDHILL CRANE 



206. Grus mexicana. 44 in. 



Plumage entirely grayish with a few brownish feath- i 

 ers; bare skin on top of head, red. These cranes are j 

 locally distributed in the Gulf States, and in the inte- 

 rior north to Manitoba. Their food consists largely of | 

 grasshoppers, worms and lizards. Unlike herons, their I 

 young are born covered with down and can run about | 

 as soon as they appear. When flying, cranes carry I 

 their neck full outstretched. 



Nest. On the ground like that of the Whooping | 

 Crane. 



Range. Winters on the Gulf coast and in Florida: 

 breeds north to Manitoba. 



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