THE wiioopim; (RANKS trumpet call 



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A living full-grown Whooping Crane stands t feel °> 

 inches high. Its name is due to its wonderfully clear, powerful 

 and trumpet-like call, which is uttered with the beak pointing 



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straight upward. When properly delivered, the crane's call 

 consists of two notes, an octave apart, one following the other 

 so closely that there is no interval, thus: "Quah-KEE-E- 

 E-oo!" I believe thai a Crane's trumpet call will carry as 

 far as the roar of a lion. 



All our Cranes are strictlj open-country birds, and for- 



