and Algeria, and is well known in Andalucia, though we 
have no positive evidence of its breeding in that pro- 
vince ; it is, in fact, a rare visitor to all parts of Europe 
except the steppes of Southern Russia and the lower 
Danubian provinces, where it breeds regularly. As my 
personal acquaintance with the Demoiselle in a wild 
state is limited to the distant sight on several occasions 
of a small flock in Cyprus during the spring of 1875, I 
am unable to give details as to its habits and food ; its 
cry to a certain extent resembles that of the Common 
Crane, but is more shrill and not so prolonged on one 
note. On wing the flock to which I have referred gene- 
rally adopted a formation similar to that of the commoner 
species. In captivity this species has all the attractions 
of its congener, with superior grace and beauty, but it 
is very detrimental to turf, from its habit of pulling up 
short grasses by their roots. 
