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CROWNED CRANES. 



Pair of Crowned African Cranes (Ardea Pavonia). 



These owe their title of Royal to a sort of crown 

 which decorates their head. They inhabit Africa, es- 

 pecially Gambia, the Gold Coast, and Cape Verd, 

 They are of a gentle and pacific disposition ; tlieir de- 

 fence is their stature, and the rapidity with which 

 they run and fly. They are less afraid of man than 

 of their other enemies: we are assured, that at Cape 

 Yerd these birds are half domesticated, and that they 

 come into the court-yards to eat grain with the Gui- 

 nea fowls. Their cry is like ifte peacock's. The Portu- 

 guese, in the 13th century, it is supposed, were the 

 first people that brought these birds into Europe, at 

 the time they discovered the Gold Coast. 



In the bottom of this Case is the Bull Frog of 

 America (Rana Maxima). 



BITTERNS (ARDEA). 



Agami Heron (A. Agami). 



Is a beautiful bird, inhabiting the swamps of Cay- 



