HOOPING CRANE* 
(Grus Americana.) 
G'r. corpore supra albo, subtus rufo,front€ nucJiA, remigibusqut 
primariis nigris, caudd alba. 
Crane with the body above white, beneath rufous j the fore- 
head, nape, and primary quills, black ; the tail white. 
Grus Americana. Briss. Orn. 5. 382. 10. 
Ardea Americana. Linn. Syst. Nat. 1. 234. 5.-^Gmel. Syst. 
Nat. 1. 621. — Lath. Ind. Orn. 2. 6^5. 6, 
Grue blanche d’Amerique. Buff. Ois. 7- 308. — Buff. PI. Enl. 
889 . 
Hooping Crane. Catesb. Carol. 1. pi. 75. — Penn. Arct, Zool. 
339. — Ldiv, pi. 132. — Lath. Gen. Sy7i. 5. 42.6. — Wills. Amer, 
Ont. 8. 
This is a large bird, measuring four feet six 
inches in length, and to the end of the toes five 
feet seven inches ; beak yellow brown : the top of 
the head, and under the eyes, covered with' a red 
skin slightly clothed with thick hairs, which are of 
a black colour : beneath* the occiput and the nape 
is a triangular black spot : the bend of the wing is 
of a pale rose-colour; the nine first quills are black, 
the tenth black and white, and the remainder 
white : the rest of the plumage is white : the legs 
and naked part of the thighs are black ; the 
uropygial feathers are tufted, and hang downwards 
in a curve, as in the common species. 
This bird frequents the same countries, and has 
similar habits with the preceding species ; like 
which it breeds to the north, to which part it goes 
