100 CHECK-LIST OF NORTH AMERICAN BIRD8. 



Oeder PALUDICOLtE. Cranes, Kails, etc. 

 Suborder GRUES. Cranes, Courlans, etc. 



Family GRUIDiE. Cranes. 



Genus GRUS Pallas. 

 Grus Pallas, Misc. Zool., 1766, 66. Type, by tautonymy, Ardea grvs 



LiNNiEUS. 



Grus americSna (Linnaeus). Whooping Crane. [204.] 



Ardea americana Linn^us, Syst. Nat., ed. 10, I, 1758, 142. (Florida 

 and Hudson Bay.) 



Range. — North America. Bred formerly from northern Mac- 

 kenzie south to Illinois and Iowa ; now mainly restricted to southern 

 Mackenzie and northern Saskatchewan; in migration formerly not 

 rare on the Atlantic coast from New England to Florida and casual 

 west to Colorado and Idaho; winters from the Gulf States to central 

 Mexico. 



Grus canadensis (Linn^us). Little Brown Crane. [205.] 



Ardea canadensis Linn^us, Syst. Nat., ed. 10, I, 1758, 141. (Hudson 

 Bay.) 



Range. — North America. Breeds from northern Alaska, Melville 

 Island, and Boothia Peninsula south to central Alaska, southern 

 Mackenzie, and central Keewatin; migrates through the interior of 

 United States, and winters south to Texas and Jalisco, Mexico; casual 

 west to California. 



Grus mexicana (Mtjllee). Sandhill Crane. [206.] 



Ardea {grus) mexicana MClleh, Natursyst. Suppl., 1776, 110. (Mexico.) 



Range. — North America. Resident in Louisiana and Florida; 

 bred formerly from southern British Columbia, Saskatchewan, Mani- 



