Cranes and Limpkiu 



204. Whooping Crane (Crw* amencanu), L. 50. 

 Ads. White; Pkin ot top of head dull red; primaries 

 black. Yng, Head feathered, plumage more or less 

 washed with rusty. 



Ranee.— Interior of Norlh America: breeds from northern Allssii- 

 «ippl Valley north to Arctic regions' winters from Gulf Stales south- 

 ward. 



205. Little Brown Crane [Cms canadmsis) . L. 3;. 

 W. 18; B. 4- '^ds. Skin of top of head dull red; 

 plumage brownish gray. Yng. Head feathered, 

 plumage with more or less rusty. 



Range. — "Northarn North America from Hudson Bay to AUska, 

 mlfp'ating south through western Unltsd SCatas aaEt of Rocky 

 Mountains to Msxico." (Ridgway.) 



206. Sandhill Crane {Grus mexicaita) . Similar to 

 No. 205, but larger. L= 44: W. 20; B. s- Notes. A 

 loud, sonorous, grating, krrrow. repeated five or more 

 times. 



Range. — North America: breeds ioc ally trom Texas, Cuba, Florida 

 north through Mississippi Valley to Manitoba, British Columbia, and 

 Oregon; winters from northern California and Gulf States southward. 



207. Umpkin {Aramus gigantms^. L, 2S. Ms, 

 Glossy olive-brown, striped with white; wings and 

 tail more bronzy. Notes, A loud wab-ree-ow, repeated 

 and the last note prolonged into a wail. 



Range,— Central America and West Indies north to southern Texas 

 and Florida. 



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