236 



GBUID^, 



I have not a satisfactory specimen. 



Hab. — Throughout the greater part of India. It is rare inSind. In the 

 Punjab it is found in the Delhi and other districts , also in Rajputana^ Kutch, 

 Concan and Deccan. Breeds over the v/hole of the N. W. Provinces, 

 Upper Bengal, Oudh and Guzerat, also Central India and Khandeish. 



Grus leucogeranus, Pali. It. t. i; P. C. 467; Jerd. B. Ind. iii. p. 

 663; Str. F. i. 235; vii. 437; Murray, Edbh.; Zool., ^-c, Bind, p. 

 213. — The Large White, Snovv'-wreath, or Siberian Ceanb. 



Plumage wholly white; primaries black; tertiaries white, much 

 lengthened and reaching to or beyond the end of the tail ; nude parts 

 of the face and legs red; hind head subcrested. In the young Mr. 

 Hume {Game Birds of India) says "There Is no bare space about the 

 face, the whole head and upper half of the neck are of a somewhat 

 rusty buff, which is deepest on the head and cheeks, and pale on the 

 chin and throat." 



Length, Male. — 53 to 56 inches, wing 23 to 26, expanse 90 to 99'5, 

 tarsi 11 to 12, bill from gape 7' 75 to 8. Females are smaller, irides 

 pale yellow, bill brown, nasal membrane red. 



Hah. — A winter migrant to India ; occurs in the N. W. Provinces, 

 Punjab, and the Himalayas ; also in Afghanistan, Eastern Turkistan 

 and Siberia. Uncommon in Sind. I have never met with it, Mr, Hume 

 has however seen and recorded it. 



Griis cnierea, 



