32 HERON. 



Inhabits the East Indies, also the Mongolian Deserts, from 

 whence it migrates into that part of the Russian Dominions, which 

 lies beyond the Lake Baikal ; keeping chiefly within the plains 

 below the Rivers Onon and Argun, which are the western extremity 

 of the Gobean Plain. It is very common in great flocks north of 

 Calcutta ; is called in India, Saroos. In some drawings of Sir J. 

 Anstruther, the dimensions are set down as follow : from the tip of 

 the bill to the top of the skull, eight inches ; from the last to the 

 breast, one foot seven inches ; round the neck ten inches ; from the 

 breast to the end of the tail, two feet ; from the sole of the foot to the 

 top of the skull, four feet seven inches. 



This is also well represented in Lord Mountnorris's drawings, 

 where it is called Sawrace ; found in Oude. 



A — Grue a Collier, Buf. vii. 307. PL enl. 865. Ind. Orn. ii. 674. 4. /3. Gen. 

 Syn. v. p. 39. 



Length four feet three inches and a half. Bill long, black ; the 

 head and half the neck covered only with a reddish white down ; 

 round the middle of the neck a collar of red ; the lower part of the 

 neck, and the rest of the body bluish ash-colour; on the rump a 

 tuft of flowing feathers, which hang over the ends of the wings and 

 tail, as in the Common Crane ; tail black ; legs dusky. 



Inhabits the East Indies. 



B. — Indian Crane, Var. B. Gen. Syn. Sup. ii. 298. 



This differs from the others, in having the bill and fore part of 

 the crown yellowish ; lore, and space round the top of the neck, 

 bare, and crimson ; irides pale orange ; chin and throat beset with 

 black bristles; general colour of the plumage dull pale blue; quills 

 and tail black ; legs and bare part of the thighs black, dotted with 

 white. — Inhabits New-Holland. 



