404 



ALECTORIDHS. 



loii;j!i;r, its claw much liirjjer than the outer. Hind toe elevated, short. Toes connected at lia.se l\v 

 membrane. Tarsi jpromllv scutcUate antcriorlv. Terlial.s longer than itrimaries, decurved ; first 

 quill not much shorter than second. Tail of twelve feathei's. 



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Synopsis of Species. 



A. Adnlt plumajje white, the primaries Idack ; dieeks naked. 



1. G. americana. Hill very tiiick, the ^'ony-. siidn;^ly convex. 



B. .\<liilt iiluiiia},'e i^'r.iyisli or iilnmlieniis. the primaries slate-color ; cheeks always feathered. 



2. G. canadensis. Bill sleiider, lonj^er tiiaii mid<lle toe ; j,'onys straight. 



a. ccniiidoi.tis. Win;,', I7.7.")-19.(H> iniJies ; eulmeii, :J. 00-3.70 ; tarsus, 0.70-8.00 ; middle toe, 

 2.80-2.!)."). Hal). Alaska to New Me.vieo and Texas, lueeding (exclusively V) far north- 

 ward. 



/3. mexicnna. Wing, 22.00 inches ; culnieii, ,").(MM).0() inches ; tarsus, 10.00 ; middle toe, 

 3.50 or more. flnh. Western United .States and Gulf States from \Vashinf!ton Territory 

 to Florida. 



a. caiuidensis mexicana. 



QxxxB americana. 



THE WHOOPING CRANE. 



Arrlm amerirnnn, Linn. S. N. I. 1766, 234 (liascd on Ei>w. pi. 132; PATEsn. pi. T.*) ; Briss. V 



382). — Wii,s. Am. Oni. VIII. 1814, 20, (il. 64, fig. 3. 

 Grus avuricana, Sw. & Rich. F. B. A. II. 1831, 372. — Nutt. M.m. II. 1834, 34. — Aud. Orn. Bioi;, 



III. 1835, 202, pi. 226 ; Synop. 1839, 219 ; B. Am. V. 1842, 188, pi. 313. — Baird, B. X. .\i.i. 



1858, 654 ; Cat. N. Am. B. 18.')9, no. 478. — Couf.s, Key, 1872, 271 ; Check List, 1873, no. 462 ; 



cd. 2, 1882, no. 668 : Birds N". W. 1874, 530. — Hinow. Xoni. N. Am. B. 1881, no. 582. 

 Grus clamator, Bartr. Trav. 1791, 292. 

 Grus struthio, Waoi,. Syst. Av. 1827, Orus, no. 6. 

 Grus Hoyanus, Dudley, Pr. Ac. Nat. Sci. Philad. VII. 1854, 64 (young). — Stimpsox, Mem. Chic.i.so 



Acad. I. 1868, 129, pi. 19. 

 La Grue d'Aviiriquc, BuFF. PI. Enl. 1770-1784, pi. 889 (adult). 

 Hoopiiig Crane, Forster, Philos. Trans. LXII. 1772, 409, no. 37. — Penx. Arct. Zool. II. 1785, 442. 



