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111. Grus antigone. The Sakus Crane. 



Sirhaus (Hindi); Khur-sang, ^smm; Sarus, Gyogfa, Aracan. 



$ 56" to 60"; 16 to 20 lbs. ? 53" to 55"; 15 to 17J lbs. Legs rose-red. 

 Mid toe and claw 5". Bill green, tip brown. Head and neck nude, crimson, 

 with few black hairs. White neck-ring. — In summer : Collar pure white. 

 Resident in N. India. Usually seen in pairs and often with one or two young 

 birds. Pair for life. Two or three eggs (3-96 x 2-56), white, blotched pale 

 brown. (J. 863. B. 1409. H. & M. iii. 1.) 



112. Grus sharpii. The Burmese Sarus Crane. 

 Gyo-gya, Burma. 



Similar to G. antigone, but the neck grey and not white. $ 40". Mid toe 

 and claw 5-4". $ 40". Burma, Siam, and Cochin China. 



Also O. (antigone) australasiana. 42". Mid toe and claw 3-6". From E. Australia. 



Also the genus Pseudogeranus. One species — P. leucauchen, 40", mid toe and claw 4J", 

 from E. Siberia, Japan, and China. 



Also the genus Bugeromis. One species — B. carunculaius, 54", mid toe and claw 6-8", 

 the wattled Heron of S. Africa. 



Also the genus Tetrapteryx. One species — T. paradisea, 40", mid toe and claw 4-3", 

 from S. Africa. 



113. Grus leucogeranus. The Large White, or Snow-wreath, or 



Siberian Crane. 

 Karekhur, N. W.P. ; Tunhi, Oudh; Chini Kalung, Rami; Syakbal, Cahul. 

 $ 52" to 56"; 16 to 19 lbs. ? 48" to 53"; 12J to 16 lbs. Legs red. Bill 

 umber. Quills black. Face naked, red. Plumage white. Eare visitor to N.W. 

 India. Breeds in Siberia. (J. 864. B. 1408. H. & M. iii. 11.) 



Genus ANTHROFOIDES. 



di/S/3Wjroei5iJs=in the shape of a man. 



Head and neck densely feathered, with white plumes behind ear-coverts. 

 Neck and breast-feathers lanceolate and hackled. 



114. Anthropoides virgo. The Demoiselle Crane. 



Virgo=a, maiden, from the bird's elegant appearance and dancing propensity. 



Karkarra, N.W.P. ; Ghanto, Nepal; Kurkurchi, Sattara; Parouthakee, Mysore; 

 Wadakoraka (Telugu) ; Shuck duruck, Catul. 



^ 31" to 36"; 5 to 6f lbs. Legs black. BiU green, tip pink. Face, neck, 

 and breast-plumes black. Eye-tuft of white decomposed feathers. — Young birds 

 have no black and want ear-tuft. Migratory. Breeds in S. & E. Europe, S. 

 Siberia, C. & W. Asia. Winters in N.E. Africa, India and China. One was 

 shot at Deerness, Orkney, in 1863, and one (female) at Brancaster, Norfolk, in 

 1899, feeding in a cornfield. (J. 866. B. 1411. H. & M. iii. 31.) 



Also the genus Balearica, with tuft of straw-like bristles on nape, and nostrils oblique. 

 Three species from Africa — B. pavonina, 37", the Crowned Crane ; B. chrysopelargm, 34", mid 

 toe and claw 4-4" ; and B. ahbericeps, 37", mid toe and claw 4-1". 



Also the fossil genera Geranopsis, two species (one from Hampshire, one from S. France) 5 

 and Aletornis, five species (from "Wyoming). 



