CONTENTS. 



Introduction page 1 



Baleaeica 14 



CHErsoPELAESUs. Southern Crowned Crane 15 



PATOi^i'iNA . . . Western Crowned Crane 19 



GrETIS 23 



Paradise or Stanley Crane 23 



Demoiselle Crane 26 



Wattled Crane 33 



White Naped Crane 35 



Asiatic White Crane 38 



Collared Crane 45 



Saras Crane 47 



Australian Crane 51 



Mantchurian Crane 53 



Whooping Crane . . . . > 54 



Common Crane 59 



Black necked Crane 70 



White headed Crane 71 



Sandhill Crane 72 



FAEADISEA . . . 

 VIEGO .... 



CABUNCULATA . . 



LEUCAUCHBN . . 



LEUeOGEEANUS . 



COLLAEIS. . . . 



ANTiaONE . . . 



ATJSTEALASIANUS . 



YIEIDIEOSTEIS. . 



AMIEICANA . . 



COMMUNIS . . 



NIGEICOLLIS . . 



MONAOHA . . . 



canadensis . . 

 schlI:gblii \ 

 beatbeculus) 



Doubtful species 78 



Appendix. Convolutions in the Ti-achea in Birds 81 



Foot o£ Crane G. cmtigone, showing hooked inner claw. Vide p, 2. 



