THE CROWNED CRANE. 



AMONG the various species of Cranes, the 

 Crowned Crane, which is about the size of the 

 Common Crane, is conspicuous : its head is or- 

 namented with a fine crest, composed of a sort 

 of feathers, each of which is barbed, or bris- 

 tled, in a singular manner, throughout its whole 

 extent. The plumage of this Crane is of a 

 dark greenish grey. It is a native of Africa, 

 and the Cape de Verd Islands. Cranes are 

 migratory; and in winter, quit the northern 

 parts of the world for more southern and 

 warmer countries. They are very easily tamed, 

 and have been known to attain a great age in 

 a domesticated state. A singular instance of 

 the attachment of a Brown Crane to its com- 

 panion, has been recorded by the talented Mrs. 

 Bowdich. One of a pair, which were kept by 

 a gentleman in England, having died, the other 

 was, apparently, so affected by the loss of its 

 fellow-prisoner, that but little hope was enter- 



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