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WHOOPING CRANE. CROWNED CRANE. 
foreign species of cranes, it is the one easiest to procure, 
and the most satisfactory to keep in collections. It never 
quarrels, it is very sociable im its habits, and thrives in 
captivity. 
The Crowned Crane, (Balezrica pavonina), also of Africa, 
is, perhaps, the most beautiful of all living cranes. It is of 
medium size, royally colored, and strikingly set off with a 
conspicuous crown of stiff, quill-like feathers that stand as 
erect and regular as the aigret of an Indian prince. 
