HOOPING CRANE. 



(Grus Americana.) 



Gr. corpore supra albo, subtus rufo, Jronte nucha remigibusque 

 primariis nigrisy cauda alba. 



Crane with the body above white, beneath rufous 5 the fore- 

 head, nape, and primary quills, black ; the tail white. 



Grus Americana. Briss. Orn» 5. 382. 10. 



Ardea Americana. Linn, Si/st. Nat, 1. 234. 5. — Gmel, Si/st, 



Nat, ]. 621.— Lath, Ind. Orn, 2. 675. Q. 

 Grue blanche d'Amerique. Buff. Ois, 7. 308.— -Bm^. PI. EnL 



889. 



Hooping Crane. Catesb. Carol. 1. pi. 75. — Penn, Arct, Zool. 

 339.— Edw. pi, 132,— 'Lath. Gen. Syn, 5. A2,Q,^Wills, Amer. 

 Orn, 8. 



This is a large bird, measuring four feet six 

 inches in length, an^ to the end of the toes five 

 feet seven inches : beak yellow brown : the top of 

 the head, and under the eyes, covered with a red 

 skin slightly clothed with thick hairs, which are of 

 a black colour : beneath the occiput and the nape 

 is a triangular black spot : the bend of the wing is 

 of a pale rose-colour; the nine first quills are black, 

 the tenth black and white, and the remainder 

 white : the rest of the plumage is white : the legs 

 and naked part of the thighs are black ; the 

 uropygial feathers are tufted, and hang downwards 

 in a curve, as in the common species. 



This bird frequents the same countries, and has 

 similar habits with the preceding species ; like 

 which it breeds to the north, to which part it goes 



