S2 NUMIDIAN CRANE. 



which arc lengthened, and terminate in very llexible 

 points, some of them are nine inches long, and hang 

 over the crop. The primaries are ash-coloured on their 

 basal, and black on their distal halves; the secondaries 

 are of an ashy hue, those nearer the body being long 

 and pointed, and, when the wing is shut, reach to the 

 end of the primaries. The tail consists of twelve 

 feathers, bluish ash, terminated with blackish. Iris 

 brilliant red. The beak is green at its origin, yellow 

 towards the middle, and red at its extremity. The 

 naked part of the thighs, tarsi, feet, and claws black. 



In the female the colours are less pure, and the 

 tufts on the side of the head shorter. 



My figure of this bird is after Gould. 



It has also been figured by Edwards, pi. 134; Bufibn, 

 pi. enl. 241; and Gould, pi. 272. 



