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ALECTORIDES. 



longer, its claw much larger than the outer. Hind toe elevated, short. Toes connected at base by 

 membrane. Tarsi broadly scutellate anteriorly. Tertials longer than primaries, decurved ; first 

 quill not much shorter tlian second. Tail of twelve feathers. 



Synopsis of Species. 



A. Adult plumage white, the primaries lilack ; cheeks naked. 



1. Or. americana. Bill very thick, the gonys strongly convex. 



B. Adult phunage grayish or plumbeous, the primaries slate-color ; cheeks always feathered. 



2. G-. canadensis. Bill slender, longer than middle toe ; gonys straight. 



a. camidensis. Wing, 17.75-19.00 inches ; culmen, 2.90-3.70 ; tarsus, 6.70-8.00 ; middle toe, 

 2.80-2.95. Hah. Alaska to New Me.Kico and Texas, breeding (exclusively ?) far north- 

 ward. 



/3. mexicana. Wing, 22.00 inches ; culmen. 5.ni)-G.00 inches ; tarsus, 10.00 ; middle toe, 

 3.50 or more. Hab. Western United States and Gulf States from Washington Territory 

 to Florida. 



G. canadensis mexicana. 



Grus americana. 



THE WHOOPING CRANE. 



Ardea americana, Likn. .S. N. I. 1766, 234 (based on Enw. pi. 132 ; Catesb. pi. 75 ; Bris.s. V. 



382). — WiLS. Am. Oni. VIII. 1814, 20, pi. 64, fig. 3. 

 Grus americana, Sw. & Rich. F. B. A. II. 1831, 372. — Nutt. Man. II. 1834, 34. — AuD. Orn. Biog. 



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



1858, 654 ; Cat. N. Am. B. 1859, no. 478. — Coues, Key, 1872, 271 ; Check List, 1873, no. 462 ; 



ed. 2, 1882, no. 668 ; Birds N. W. 1874, 530. — Rincw. Nom. IST. Am. B. 1881, no. 582. 

 Grits clamator, Bartr. Trav. 1791, 292. 

 Grus slruthio, Wagl. Syst. Av. 1827, (3rus, no. 6. 

 Grus Hoyamis, Dudley, Pr. Ac. Nat. Sci. Philad. VII. 1854, 64 (young). — Stimpson, Mem. Chicago 



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

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

 ffoopiivy Crane, FORSTER, Philos. Trans. LXII. 1772, 409, no. 87. — Penn. Arct. Zool. II. 1785, 442. 



