L 409 



2. WATER-BIRDS. 



VI j ORALLY, 



| Clovenfooted. Faun. Am. Sept. 



17. ARDEA, f 36. Canadensis. 234. 3. Edw. 133. 

 Heron.l Canada Crane. Faun. Am. Sept. 14. 



Severn River, N 35. Blue Crane. 



The account from Severn settlement says, there 

 is no material difference between the male 

 and female ; however, the specimen sent over, 

 I take to be a female, as its plumage is in 

 general duller than that figured by Edwards, 

 and as the last row of white coverts of the wing 

 are wanting. These cranes arrive near Severn 

 in May, have only two young at a time, 

 retire southward in autumn ; frequent lakes 

 and ponds, and feed on fish, worms, &c. 

 They weigh seven pounds and a half, are 

 3^ feet long, and 3 feet 5 inches broad ; the 

 bill is 4 inches long, the legs 7 inches, but 

 the leg and thigh 1 9. 



ARDEA. 37. Americana, 234. 5. Hooping Crane. 

 Edw. 132. Catesby, 1. 75. Faun. Am. Sept. 

 14. 



York Fort. 



Edwards's figure is very exact ; Catesby 's is not 

 so good, as it represents the bill too thick to- 

 wards the point. 



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