6 GRUES 
1. Antigone antigone (Linnzcus) (Plate 2, Fig. 1). N. and C. India. 
Ardea antigone Linnzeus, Syst. Nat. ed. x, 1, p. 142 (1758 
Grus collaris Boddaert, Vabl. Pl. Enl., p. 52 (1753) 
Grus torquata Vieillot, Nouv. Dict. d’Hist. Nat. Vol. 13, p. 560 (1817 
Grus antigene Vegetmeier & Blyth (part.), Nat. Hist. Cranes, p. 47 (1881). 
Antigone collaris Sharpe, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus. Vol. 23, p. 262 (1894). 
Grus collayis Blaauw, Monog.. Cranes, p. 26, pl. 7 (18907). 
Antigone antigone Sharpe, Hand-list Birds Vol. 1, p. 178 (1899). 
2. Antigone sharpei Blanford. Burma, Cochinchina, 
= ° rN ° > s 5 e Malay Peninsula. 
Grus antigone Tegetmeier & Blyth (part.), Nat. Hist. Cranes, p. 47 (1881). Talay Peninsula 
Antigone antigone Sharpe. Cat. Birds Brit. Mus. Vol. 23, p. 264 (1804). 
Grus (Antigone) sharpii Blanford, Bull. Brit. Orn. Club Vol. 5, p. v1 (1895). 
Grus antigone Blaauw, Monog. Cranes, p. 29, pl. 8 (1897). 
Antigone sharpet Sharpe, Hand-list Birds Vol. 1, p, 178 (1899). 
3. Antigone rubicunda rubicunda (Perry). Iz. and S. Australia. 
Ardea rvubicunda Perry, Arcana June 1810 ( fide Mathews, Novit.Zool. Vol. 17, p. 499, 1910). 
Grus australasiana Gould, Birds Austral. Vol. 6, pl. 48 (1848). 
Grus australasianus Vegetmeier & Blyth, Nat. Hist. Cranes, p. 51 (1581). 
Antigone australasiana Sharpe, Cat Birds Brit. Mus. Vol. 23, p. 265 (1894). 
Grus austrvalasiana Blaauw, Monog. Cranes, p. 33, pl. 9 (1897). 
Antigone australasiana Sharpe, Hand-list Birds Vol. 1, p. 178 (1899). 
Mathewsia rubicunda lredale, Bull. Brit. Orn. Club Vol. 27, p. 47 (1011). 
4. Antigone rubicunda argentea ( Mathews). N. W. Australia. 
Mathewsia rubicunda argentea Mathews, Novit. Zool. Vol. 18, p. 227 (1912). 
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5. GENuS TETRAPTERYX THUNBERG 
Tetrapteryx Vhunberg, Kk. Vet. Akad. Forh. Stockh. 1818, p. 242. 
Synonym : Geranus Bonaparte, C. R. Acad. Sc. Paris, Vol. 38, p. 661 (1854). 
Type : Tetrapteryx paradisea (Lichtenstein). 
Characters. The head wholly feathered, Feathers of cheeks, ears and nape lenghtened, 
dense and loose, No caruncles at the base of the bill, Innermost secondaries enormously pro- 
longed and nearly touching the ground, Feathers of the lower throat and chest elongated and 
lanceolate as in Herons. : 
Geographical Distribution. The same as that of the only Species, 
1. Tetrapteryx paradisea (|ichtenstein) (Plate 2, Fig. 2-3). S. Africa to Mashonaland 
Ardea paradisea Lichtenstein, Cat. Rer. Rariss. Hamb. p. 28 (1793). and Damaraland. 
Tetrapteryx capensis Thunberg. K. Vet. Akad. Forh. Stockh, 1818, p. 242. t. 8. 
Anthropoides stanleyanus Vigors, Zool. Journ. Vol. 2, p. 234, pl. 8 (1826). 
Grus caffra Fritsch, Drei Jahre Sud-Atr., p. 108 (1868). 
Grus pavadisea Vegetmeier & Blyth, Nat. Hist. Cranes, . 23 (1881). 
Tetrapteryx paradisea Sharpe, Cat, Birds Brit. Mus. Vol. 23, p. 268 (1804). 
Anthropoides pavadisea Blaauw, Monog. Cranes, p. 41, pl. 11 (1897). 
Tetrapteryx pavadisea Sharpe, Hand-list Birds Vol. 1, », 178 (1809). 
6. GENUS ANTHROPOIDES VIEILLoT 
Anthropoides Vieillot, Analyse, p. 59 (1816). 
Synonyms : Philorchemon Gloger, Handb. Naturg., p. 438 (1842). 
Scops Gray, Gen. Birds, Vol. 3, p. 553 (1845). 
Type : Anthropoides virgo (Linneus). 
