SIBERIAN CHANE. 



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in the spring, and retires to the south in the 

 autumn. In the summer it is abundant in Hud- 

 son's Bay, where it arrives in May, and retires in 

 September. It affects sequestered places in marshy 

 situations on the borders of lakes. The nest is 

 composed of grass and feathers : the eggs are 

 similar to those of a Swan, and are hatched in 

 about three weeks : the young are yellow at first, 

 and gradually attain their proper colour : their 

 food consists principally of insects, worms, toads, 

 &c., but they will occasionally eat young corn. 



B. lR,o sTiiv M denticulatum ; occiput nudum , papillosum ; or- 

 BiTiE plumosce. 



B. Beak slightly toothed j occiput naked and warted 5 the orbits 

 feathered. 



SIBERIAN CRANE. 



(Grus gigantea.) . 



Gr. nivea, remigibus decern primoribus nigris, rostra pedibusque 

 rubris. 



Snowy Crane, with the ten first quills black ; the beak and feet 

 red. 



Ardea gigantea. Gmel. Syst. Nat. 1. 622. — Lath, Ind. Orn. 2. 

 674. 3. 



Grus leucogeranos. Pall. Trav. 1. 714. 30. pL I. 

 Siberian Crane. Penn. Arct, Zool. 2. 455. c. — Lath. Gen. Syn, 

 5. 37.3. 



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