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Only a single Genus . g. Genus BaLrarica. 
9. GENUS BALEARICA BrISssON 
Balearica Brisson, Orn., Vol. 5, p. 511 (1760). 
Synonym : Geranarchus Gloger, Handb. Naturg., p. 438 (1842). 
Type : Balearica pavonina pavontna (Eee 
Characters. Bill thick, a little shorter than the head. Nostrils oval and oblique. Crown 
of the head covered with a patch of velvety black feathers, A ees tuft of straw-like bristles on 
the nape. Throat and sides of the face bare. Bare sides of the face particoloured white and red 
or pinkish, A more or less large red-coloured wattle on the lower throat, Feathers of chest and 
lower part of the neck lengthened, lanceolated and pendent, Inner greater wing-coverts straw- 
coloured and desintegrated. Innermost secondaries somewhat decomposed. 
Geographical Distribution. Africa, Southern Europe accidentally, Persian Gult? 
KEY TO THE SPECIES AND SUBSPECIES 
A. Upper part of the bare cheek-patch white, the lower part pinkish. Throat- 
wattle small. Neck feathers dark slaty grey. 
Size larger. General colour lighter. Bill horn-coloured at the tip. 
White part of the bare cheek-patch larger . . » . . . I. B. PAVONINA PAVONINA. 
b. Size smaller. General colour darker. Bill wholly black. White part 
of the bare cheek-patch smaller. . . . . Serr 2. B. PAVONINA CECILIA. 
. Bare cheek-patch white with a small upper portion ved. Throat-watlle large 
and pendent. Neck feathers pearly grey. 
c. Upper margin of the bare cheek-patch rounded. . . . . . . 3. B. REGULORUM REGULORUM. 
d. Upper margin of the bare cheek-patch with a knob-like process. . 4. B. REGULORUM GIBBERICEPS. 
1. Balearica pavonina pavonina (Linneus) (Plate 3, Fig. 1). W.and Equatorial Africa, 
Ardea pavonina Linneus, Syst. Nat. ed. x, 1, p. 141 (1758). 
Grus balearica Vieillot, Nouv. Dict. d’Hist. Nat. Vol. 13, p. 557 (1817). 
Balearica pavonina Vegetmeier & Blyth, Nat. Hist. Cranes, p. 19 (1881). 
Balearica pavonina Sharpe, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus. Vol. 23, p. 272 (18904). 
Balearica pavonina Blaauw, Monog. Cranes, }). 57, pl. 15 (1897) 
Balearica pavonina Sharpe, Hand-list Birds Vol. 1, p. 179 (18aq). 
Balearica payonina Chalmers Mitchell, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond. 1904 Vol. 2, p. 201, 
fig. 30. 
2. Balearica pavonina ceciliz Chalmers Mitchell (Plate 3, Fig 2). White Nile. 
Balearica ceciliae Chalmers Mitchell, Abstr. Proc. Zool. Soc. Loud. 1904, n® 10, p. 13 
Balearica ceciliae Chalmers Mitchell, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond. 1904 Vol. 2, p. 204, 
fig. 40 
