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THE BALEARIC CRANE. 



Genus BALEARICA : Balearka. — This includes the Crowned Crane, B. jMvonina — Ardca 

 pavonina of Linnaeus ; also called the Balearic Crane, from the notion that it was the bird to 



which the ancients gave that name. It 



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stands four feet high ; its color is a bluish- 

 slate ; it has a loud, hoarse, triunpet-like 

 note, is easily reconciled to captivity, 

 and readily mingles with common 

 poultry ; found iu Northern and West- 

 ern Africa. 



Genus PSOPHIA : Psophm.— To 

 this belongs the Trumpeter, called 

 Agami by the natives of tropical Amer- 

 ica, in the forests of which it is found 

 in flocks ; it is twenty-two inches long, 

 and has a loud, hollow cry of too, too, 

 too, too, the sound being made without 

 opening the bill. 



Genus CARIAMA : Cariama. — To 

 this belongs the Cariama, C. cristatus, 

 found in the lofty plains of Brazil and 

 Paraguay. It is thirty inches long ; 

 earthy-brown above, Avhitish below ; it 

 >, runs with great swiftness, and is exceed- 

 \} ingly shy and watchful. It feeds on 

 lizards, insects, and molluscous animals. 

 It is easily domesticated, and will live 

 sociably with the other tenants of the 

 poultry-yard. 



Genus A R A M U S : Aramus. — To 

 this belongs the Crying-Bird, A. sco- 

 lopaceus, two feet long, of a reddish-brown color; common in tropical America ; found occasion- 



THE CARIAMA. 



