and Algeria, and is well known in Andalucia, though we 

 have no positive evidence of its breeding in that pro- 

 vince ; it is, in fact, a rare visitor to all parts of Europe 

 except the steppes of Southern Russia and the lower 

 Danubian provinces, where it breeds regularly. As my 

 personal acquaintance with the Demoiselle in a wild 

 state is limited to the distant sight on several occasions 

 of a small flock in Cyprus during the spring of 1875, I 

 am unable to give details as to its habits and food ; its 

 cry to a certain extent resembles that of the Common 

 Crane, but is more shrill and not so prolonged on one 

 note. On wing the flock to which I have referred gene- 

 rally adopted a formation similar to that of the commoner 

 species. In captivity this species has all the attractions 

 of its congener, with superior grace and beauty, but it 

 is very detrimental to turf, from its habit of pulling up 

 short grasses by their roots. 



