COMMON CRANE. 



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beak measured four inches and a half; the tarsus nine 

 inches, the bare part above it four inches. 



The sexes, when old, are alike in plumage, but the males 

 are larger than the females. Young birds have less varia- 

 tion in colour about the head, and the ash grey plumage of 

 the body is mixed with dull brown. 



