342 GKUID.E, 



THE COMMON CRANE. 

 Kullum or Kulang, Hin. 



Length, 43 to 48 ; expanse, 79 to 91 ; wing, 20'5 to 24 ; tail, 

 7'0 to 9-12 ; tarsus, 8 25 to 9'9 ; bill from gape, 4'3 to 4'8 ; weight, 

 9 T V to 13 Ibs. 



Bill dingy horny-green, yellowish at tip ; irides deep reddish or 

 dingy-orange ; legs and feet black. 



Forehead and cheeks nude, with black bristly hairs ; crown 

 nude, dull orange-red ; occiput, throat, and fore part of the neck, 

 of a deep blackish-grey ; between the eyes, sides of the head and 

 upper part of the neck, white ; as is the greater part of the back 

 of the neck, but the color impure and with a reddish . tinge. All 

 the upper part of the body and the lower plumage dark ashy- 

 blue ; quills and greater- coverts dull black ; secondaries and 

 tertiaries grey, black tipped, the latter narrowing to a point with 

 the barbs of the uppermost feathers disunited, and all arching 

 down and forming an elegant tuft of floating plumes, which it is 

 able to erect at pleasure. 



The Common Crane occurs abundantly in suitable localities, 

 (wherever there are large tanks) throughout the region, but only 

 during the cold season. The Kulung or Kullum is one of the 

 finest game birds in India, as it is one of the wariest. It is almost 

 impossible to stalk them while feeding, as they leave some of their 

 number as sentinels, and on the slightest symptom of danger they 

 give the alarm, and the whole flock rises, and is soon out of 

 danger. 



GENUS, Anthropoides, VieilL 



Bill shorter than Grus, depressed at the base, and slightly 

 swollen at the tip ; tarsus lengthened ; head and neck densely 

 feathered ; the feathers of the neck and breast lanceolate and 

 hackled. Of smaller size, and the neck less lengthened than 

 in the previous species. 



Anthropoides virgo, Lin. 



866. Jerdon's Birds of India, Vol. II, p, 666 ; Butler, Guzerat ; 

 Stray Feathers, Vol. IV, p. 15 ; Deccan, Stray Feathers, Vol. IX, 

 p. 427 ; Murray's Vertebrate Zoology of Sind, p. 237 ; Game 

 Birds of India, Vol. Ill, p. 31. 



THE DEMOISELLE CRANE. 

 Karonch or Karka/rra, Hin. 



Length, 31 to 35'5 ; expanse, 66 to 73 ; wing, 18 to 21 ; tail, 

 6 to 7'5 ; tarsus, 6'25 to 7'5 ; bill from gape, 27 to 3'5 ; weight, 5 

 to 6| Ibs. 



Bill greenish, reddish at tip ; irides rich red ; legs and feet 

 black. 



Forehead, face, sides of head, neck, and the lengthened breast 

 plumes, black ; a tuft of white decomposed feathers extending 



