40 HERON. 



j; Ardea Grus, Lin. Syft. i. p. 234. 4. — Faun. Suec. 161. — Scop. Ann. i. 



COMMON 



CRANE. 



N° 122. — Brun. p. 156. — Muller, p. 22. — Kram. El. p. 345. — Frifcb. 



pi. 194. 

 La Grue, .fit-;/. Or«. v. p. 375. 6. — .S«f. Oif. vii. p. 287. pi. 14. — PI. 



Enl. 769. 

 The Crane, Raii Syn. p. 95. A. I. — Will. Orn. p. 274. pi. 48. — Kolben, Hijl. 



Cap. ii. p. 141. — Albin. ii. pi. 65. — Br. Zool. afp. p. 629, pi. 6.— • 



Aril. Zool. p. 453. 



Lev. Muf. 



Description. *TpHIS is a large bird, not unfrequently weighing ten pounds, 

 and meafures more than five feet in length. The bill is almoft 

 four inches and a quarter long, and of a greenilh black : the fore- 

 head, to the middle of the crown, covered with black down or 

 hairs ; the hind part bare and red, with a few fcattered hairs : 

 on the nape, below this, is a bare fpace of two inches, and of an 

 afh-colour : the fides of the head, behind the eyes, and the hind 

 part of the neck, are white : between the bill and eyes, the 

 cheeks beneath them, and the fore part of the neck, are of a 

 blackifh afh-colour : the lower part of the neck, and the reft of 

 the body, fine afh-colour, deepefton the tail coverts : the greater 

 wing coverts are blackifh; and thofe fartheft from the body, 

 with the baftard wing, and quills, black : from the pinion of 

 each wing fpiings an elegant tuft of loofe feathers, curled at the 

 ends, which may be erected at will, but in a quiefcent ftate hang 

 over and cover the tail : the legs are black. 



Place and This fyecies feems far fpread, being met with in great flocks 



throughout northern Europe, and AJia\ in Sweden, Ruffia through- 

 out, and Sibiria as far as the river Anadyr, migrating even to the 

 arclic circle. In Kamtfchatka only feen on the fouthern promon- 

 9 tory : 



