212 CRANES. 



nest early and follow parents. Not very 

 social; sexes, similar. 



171. SANDHILL CRANE. 



Medium, 41; slaty -blue throughout, 

 primaries brown, naked space in front of 

 head lake; bill and feet, black, fig. 157. 

 Young, somewhat yellowish above. Give 

 loud, harsh gobbling cries. Sometimes dan- 

 ces with half-raised wings. Frequents ponds 

 in pine woods. Shy and difficult to approach. 

 Southern N. A.; rather common in unset- 

 tled portions of Fla. 



172. LITTLE BROWN CRANE. 



Smaller than last, 35. Northern N. A. 

 from Alaska to Hudson Bay ; accidental east 

 of Mississippi. 



173. WHOOPING CRANE. 

 Larger, 52; white, primaries, black. 

 Young, yellowish, otherwise as in the 

 Sandhill Crane. All the species have slow 

 wing-beats and hold neck and legs out- 

 stretched, fig. 157, and sometimes soar high 



