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The Indian Crane. 



THis is lelTer than our common Cram, but of the fame afti-colour, Its Tail is (Borr, 

 and fcarcc confpicuous, being hidden by the Wings. Its Bill is (freight, nar- 

 row, and longer in proportion than the Bill of the common Crane : Its Nofthrils ob- 

 long. The chief difference is, that in this the top of the Head from the Bill to the 

 Crown is bare of feathers £only let with thin hairs ] rough-skin 'd, and of a red co- 

 lour. This we faw among his Ma jetties rare Birds kept in St. James's Park near lfeft« 

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The Balearic Crane : Grus Balearica Aldrov. Pavo marinus * Clnf. * i^.lib.5, 



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FOr the fhape of its body it is like to a StorkJ' Yet its Bill is (hotter not only thari 

 a Storks, but than a Cranes. It hath upon its Head a thick, round Creft, made 

 up of Bridles fpread every way,like to Hogs Bridles, of the colour of the prickles of a 

 common Hedgho'g: By which note it may at firft fight be eafily known and diftingui- 

 filed from all other birds. In both Cheeks it hath a white fpot terminated above with 

 a red line: The leffer quil-feathers of the Wings are white : the whole Bird befides is 

 black, of the colour of a Coot, the Tail not excepted. Under the Bill; hangs down , 

 a red * excrefcence on each fide like a Gill or Wattle. The Legs are long, Bare of ^ Lobe ° r 

 feathers from the knees upward almoft to tfie fecohd joynt. We faw a bird of this 

 kind in the Royal Aviary in St. James s Park near Wejiminjier. 



Aldrovandus his defcription, which he took from a Picture he faw of this Bird, 

 differs infome particulars from ours: For 1. He makes the bridles of the Creft of a . 

 * Gold colour : 1. All the underfide of a dusky a(h-colour, the Back of a dark ^fdnem 

 green, as in Lapwings .• 3 . He mentions fbme ferrugineous feathers In the Wings. a if of a yd- 



Thefe Birds are found in the Country near Capo Verde. For bignefs they may match loW co!oujr < 

 our Country Cranes. As they run they ftretch out their Wings, and 10 run very 

 fwiftly, otherwife they walk fbftly. They never rooft iri houfes, but about night 

 when they havea mind to go to their reft, they fearch out high Walls whereon to 

 pearch, alter the manner of Peacocks, whdfe voice and conditions they alio imitate. 

 They feed upon green herbs, and together with Hens and Peacocks devdur Barley and 

 Other grain. This out of Aldrovandus. 



In the Tables of Birds, engraven by Vifiher, it is figured by the title of 'Stmt hid ex 

 China, i. e. A China OJirich. 



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* Mcirggrdfres Jabirtt of the Brafilians, called by the hole Dutch, NegtOo 



s His Bird in bignefs exceeds a Swan. Its body is fourteen inches long; its NecK 

 as many, and of the thicknefs of a mans arm. Its. Head fufficieritly great 5 its 

 Eyes black; its Bill alio blackifh, extended llreight forward, and above to- 

 ward the point a little bending, eleven inches long, two and an half broad, edged . 

 * verfus extefiora: The upper Chap of the Bill is a little higher [_ or deeper ] and big- * y I d ° n °^ 

 ger than the nether. It hath no Tongue : under the 1 hroat is a Crop of a moderate head ourAu* 

 bignefs. The Legs are very long, vi£. two foot. For the upper Legs £ or Thighs ] & 0T } * ncan " 

 are one foot and an inch long, and half way bare of feathers 5 the lower elev en words,Vhere- 

 inches : Thefe are ftreight, black, and as it were fcaled, half an inch thick. Ih each fore 1 have 

 foot are four toes, three (landing forward, and one backward, as is ufual in mod Jo^™^ 

 birds. The whole bird all over is covered with white feathers like a SwahovGoofe. Language hg 

 The whole Neck almoft, viz. for eight inches length, counting from the Head, is wore them 

 deftituteof feathers; and one half of this bare fart, together with the Head, isco- 1 * 

 vered with a black skin, the other half with a white. But I fuppofe the feathers had 

 been pluckt off, and that the white down ftuck in the skin. The Tail is broad, ending 

 With the end of the Wings. N n 2 Chap« 



