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POPULAR OFFICIAL GUIDE. 



ASIATIC WHITE CRANE. 



PARADISE CRANE. 



captivity. Its color is slaty-blue. It is found in the south- 

 eastern United States, but once was fairly common through- 

 out the Mississippi valley. In captivity this bird often in- 

 dulges in some very droll antics — at times actually dancing. 

 The adult males are often quite pugnacious, and inclined to 

 attack those who go near them, and all visitors are warned 

 not to go within striking distance of them. Children espe- 

 cially should not be permitted to climb over the guard wires, 

 and approach close up to the cranes' fences. 



The Sarus Crane, of the plains and sand-bars of northern 

 India, {Antigone ant-igone), greatly resembles our sandhill 

 crane, but is a much larger bird. This also is a quarrelsome 

 species, and in captivity individuals are inclined to be cruel 

 toward each other. 



The Asiatic White Crane, (Sarcogeranus leucogeranus), is 

 like a modest understudy to our whooping crane, in all 

 respects save the elevated tail-crest. It is a bird of wide 

 distribution. 



The Paradise Crane, (Tetrapteryx paradisea), of the open 

 plains of Africa outside the deserts, is a slaty-blue bird with 

 a head so puffed out with side feathers that it looks almost 

 reptilian. Its tail-feathers taper out to infinity, and grace- 

 fully droop quite to the ground. The little African De- 

 moiselle Crane, (Anthropoides virgo), is so diminutive, so 

 dainty in appearance and so gentle-spirited that its young- 

 ladylikeness has been proclaimed in its name. Of all 



