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Order PALUDICOLAE. Cranes, Rails, etc. 



Suborder Grues. Cranes, Courlans, etc. 



Family GRUIDAE. Cranes. 



GRUS AMERICANA (Linn.). Whooping Crane. 

 Occasional migrant. 



Charles Bankers is more favorably situated for observing the 

 large water birds than any other observer in this part of the 

 state. He reports this large crane as very rare. He collected 

 a specimen on April 14, 1904, saw one on March 27, 1913, and 

 noted a small flock of five birds on his farm in the spring of 

 1906. 



Jno. A. Bryant, who states that this bird was common for- 

 merly, took a specimen in the spring of 1893, in this county. 



GRUS CANADENSIS. Little Brown Crane. 

 Rather rare migrant. 



The Little Brown Crane migrates regularly through this re- 

 gion and has been taken in adjacent territory on all sides. 

 There is little doubt that a few of the sight records of the 

 Sandhill Crane in this region properly belong to the Little 

 Brown, as the two are not readily distinguishable in the field. 



GRUS MEXICANA (Muller). Sandhill Crane. 

 Regular and not very rare migrant. 



In favorable localities in this vicinity a few of these mag- 

 nificent birds are seen regularly during every spring migration 

 and occasionally in the fall. The following are some of Charles 

 Bankers' dates: 



March 23, 1902, a flock of thirty were seen. 



March 30, 1903, a flock of thirty were seen. 



March 22, 1905, a flock of twenty were seen. 



April 8, 1906, one specimen was taken from a flock of ten. 



April 15, 1906, a single bird was taken. 



October 18, 1909, three specimens were taken from a large 

 flock. 



April 2, 1910, one specimen was taken. 



March 23, 1911, a flock of fifteen was seen. 



March 30, 1912, seven birds were seen. 



