ARAMUS. 135 
50.00-54.00, extent 92.00, wing 22.00-25.00, culmen 5.35-5.80, depth of 
bill at base 1.40, tarsus 11.00-12.00, middle toe 4.25. Hggs 4.04 « 2.50. 
Hab. Interior of North America north to the Saskatchewan, south to 
Florida and central Mexico. 
204. G, americana (Linn.). Whooping Crane. 
a, Tarsus 10.00, or less; bill more slender, its depth through base less than one- 
fourth the length of the culmen; distance from posterior end of nostril to 
base of upper mandible less than one-half the distance from anterior end of 
nostril to tip of upper mandible. Adult deep slate-gray or brownish, the 
cheeks normally feathered. 
Adult: Entire plumage slate-gray, varying from a bluish or plumbeous 
shade to brownish, sometimes tinged or even extensively washed with 
rusty, the primaries darker, the cheeks and throat paler, sometimes 
almost white. Young: Entirely brown, more or less washed, especially 
on upper parts, with tawny cinnamon or rusty; head entirely feathered. 
b'. Larger: Length 40.00-48.00, wing 21.00-22.50 (21.83), culmen 5.15- 
6.00 (5.47), depth of bill at base .95-1.10 (1.01), tarsus 9.90-10.65 
(10.25), middle toe 3.40-3.60 (3.50), bare part of tibia 4.60-5.00 
(4.78). Higgs 3.98 x 2.44. Hab. United States, chiefly from Mis- 
sissippi Valley west to Pacific coast, south into Mexico, and east- 
ward along Gulf coast to Florida and Georgia. 
206. G. mexicana (M@z1.). Sandhill Crane. 
b%. Smaller: Length about 35.00, wing 17.50-20.00 (18.70), culmen 3.04— 
4,20 (3.61), depth of bill at base .70-.80 (.77), tarsus 6.70-8.44 (7.57), 
middle toe 2.60-3.36 (2.91), bare portion of tibia 2.90-3.50 (38.13). 
Eggs 3.66 X 2.28. Hab. Northern North America, from Hudson’s 
Bay to Alaska, migrating south through western United States. east 
of Rocky Mountains, to Mexico. 
205. G. canadensis (Linn.). Little Brown Crane. 
Famity ARAMIDAE.—Tue Courtans, (Page 134.) 
Genera. 
(Characters same as those of the Family)............... Aramus. (Page 135.) 
Genus ARAMUS Vietttor. (Page 135, pl. XXXVIIL, fig. 2.) 
Species. 
Common CHaracrers.—Prevailing color dark brown (the quills and tail- 
feathers glossed with purplish), the head and neck (sometimes back and lower 
parts also) striped with white. Vest on bushes or clumps of rank grasses or reeds 
along side of marsh or stream. 
a. White stripes extending over back, wing-coverts, and lower parts. Young simi- 
lar to adult, but white stripes much narrower and less sharply defined, and 
