KEY TO THE WATER BIRDS OF FLORIDA. 261 
Grus americanus. 
the interior of North America from the fur countries south to Texas and 
Mexico, and is supposed to be occasionally found in Florida. I have never 
met with it in Florida and it must be considered a rare bird in the State. 
It breeds from Illinois northward, the eggs being two, pale grayish green, 
blotched and marked with dark brown. 
