DEMOISELLE GBANE. 2? 



GRALLATORES. 



Family GRUID^. (Bonaparte. J 



Genus Anthropoides. f Vieillot.J 



Generic Characters. — Smaller than Grus. Bill shorter than in Grus, de- 

 pressed at the base, and slightly swollen at the tip ; tarsus lengthened ; head 

 and neck densely feathered; the feathers of the neck and breast lanceolate 

 and hackled. 



DEMOISELLE CKANE. 



Anthropoides virgo. 



Ardea virgo, Linn^us; Syst. Nat., (1766.) 



Anthropoides virgo, Vieillot; Diet. d'Hist. Nat., (1816.) 



Grus virgo, Pallas; Zoog., (1831.) Bree; ist. Edition. 



Grue demoiselle, Of the French. 



Jungfrau-Kranich, Of the Germans. 



Damigella di Numidia, Of the Italians. 



Karkarra, In some parts of India. 



Specific Characters. — Head entirely covered with feathers, with a long tuft 

 on each side: some of the wing coverts much lengthened. Nostrils 

 basal. Length three feet three inches; beak two inches and a half; 

 tail six inches and a half; tarsus seven inches; middle toe and claw three 

 inches; outer toe two inches and one line; inner toe two inches and 

 three lines; expanse of wing four feet and three quarters. 



The Demoiselle, or Numidian, Crane is found in the south of 

 Russia, in Greece, Turkey, and occasionally in Dalmatia, Switzerland, 

 the south of France, and Heligoland. It is also found in various 

 parts of Africa. Salvadori (''Fauna d'ltalia") says that this bird has 

 been killed in Tuscany in one of the marine marshes. It is said to 

 appear sometimes also in Sicily; and though this is not improbable. 



