10 BULLETIN 128, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 



SANDHILL CRANE. Grus mexicana (Muller). 



Range. — North America from southern Canada to Florida, Cuba, 

 and Mexico. 



Breeding range. — The sandhill crane has two distinct and widely 

 separated breeding areas. The smaller includes Cuba (Gundlach), 



Fig. 3. — Sandhill crane (Grus mexicana). 



Isle of Pines (Gundlach), and southern Florida north to Waukeenah 

 (Wayne), and Lake Monroe (Bryant). It has been known to nest 

 in the Okefeuokee Swamp, Ga. (Wayne); it nested in 1911 near 



