LITTLE BROWN CRANE (not figured). 



205. Grus canadensis. 36 in. 



Smaller and browner than the next more 

 common species. 



Range. Breeds from Keewatin to north- 

 ern Alaska. Winters south to Texas. 

 SANDHILL CRANE. 



206. Grus mexicana. 44 in. 



Plumage wholly gray, with traces of brown. 

 Nest. A mound of weeds on the ground. 

 Two deep buff eggs with brown spots. 



Range. Breeds in the Gulf States; for- 

 merly north to Ontario and Saskatchewan. 



Family ARAMID^E. 

 LIMPKIN; COURLAN. 



207. Aramus rotifer us. 27 in. 

 Brownish-black, streaked and spotted with 



white as shown. 



Note. A peculiar wailing \cliee-ee-eu. 



Nest. Of sticks and grass in thickets in 

 swamps. Eggs buff, spotted with brown. 



Range. Fla., north to S. Car. 

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