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GEALLATORES. 



Family GRUID^. f Bonaparte.] 



Genus Grus. f Lvmiceus.J 



NUMIDIAN CRANE. 



Grics virgo. 



Grus virgo, 



" numidica, virgo 



numidica vulgo dicfu, 

 Ardea virgo, 



AntJiropoides virgo, 



Grue demoiselle, 

 Jungfern-KranicJi, 

 Damigella di Numidia, 



Pallas; 2oog., 1811. 

 Keyseeltng- et Blasius. 

 Temminck. Schinz. Schlegel. 



Beisson; Ornitliologie, 1760. 

 LiNNJSxjs; Syst. Wat., 1760. 

 Gmelin; Syst., 1788. 

 Latham; Ind., 1790. 

 Vieillot; Diet., 1816. 

 Bonaparte, 1850. Degland, 1849. 

 Of the Feench. 

 Of TiiE Geemans. 

 Savt. 



Specific Characters, — Head entirely covered with feathers, with 

 a long tuft on each side; some of the wing coverts much 

 lengthened. Nostrils basal. Length three feet three inches ;'^beak 

 two inches and a half; tail six inches and a half; tarsus seven 

 inches; middle toe and claw three inches; outer toe two inches 

 and one line ; inner toe two inches and three lines ; expanse of 

 wing four feet and three quarters. 



