Fig. 41. Anthropoides virgo. 



Suborder GRUES. 



Schizognathous and schizorhinal birds with 17 to 20 cervical 

 vertebrae and, as a rule, without notches on the posterior border 

 of the sternum. Oil-gland tufted. Caeca present. Deep flexors 

 Galline. Ambiens present, also the seniitendinosus and accessory 

 semitendinosus ; the femoro- caudal and its accessory are wanting in 

 one genus, Balearica, present in, others. The young are hatched 

 clad in down, and run at once. 



Besides the true Cranes or Gruidce, the American Aramidce and 

 Jce are referred to this suborder. 



