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The Siberian White Crane is principally known in Japan as a spring 

 and autumn visitor on migration, but it is probable that some remain 

 to winter. It has not been recorded from Yezzo, nor have I seen an 

 example from any part of Japan, except those figured in the ' Fauna 



Crrus leucogeranus. 



Japonica,' of which there are three in the Leyden Museum (Schlegel, 

 Mus. d^Hist. Nat. Pays-Bas, v. pt. ii. p. 5). 



The Siberian White Crane breeds in Eastern Siberia, and occasion- 

 ally wanders in winter as far west as Europe, and as far east as 

 China and Japan. Its usual winter- quarters appear to be in the 

 plains of Northern India, but even there it is said to be somewhat 

 local and rare (Hume, Ibis, 1868, p. 38) . 



