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WATTLED CRANE. 



shorter, and in having the head and above half the 

 neck almost naked, being covered only with a 

 slight reddish white down : round the middle of 

 the neck is a red collar : the tail is black. The 

 other has the beak and fore-part of the crown yel- 

 lowish : the lores and space round the top of the 

 neck bare, and crimson: the irides pale orange: 

 the chin and throat beset with black bristles : the 

 general colour of the plumage dull pale blue : the 

 quills and tail black : the legs and bare part of the 

 thighs the same, spotted with white. This variety 

 inhabits New South Wales. 



This species is found in flocks near Calcutta, 

 and in other parts of the East Indies : it is very 

 numerous, migrating into that part of the Russian 

 territory situated beyond Lake Baikal, frequenting 

 the plains and marshy places on the borders of the 

 rivers Onon and Argun. 



C. Mandibula inferior utrinque falea elongatd dependente j 



CAVUT plumoSUm ; ORBIT M 7lud(S. 



C. The under mandible on each side with a depending elongated 

 wattle 5 head feathered j orbits naked. 



WATTLED CRANE. 

 (Grus caruRCulata.) 



Gr. capite collo carunculisque albis, vertice dor so iectricibusque 

 alarmn cc^ndeo-cinereis, abdomine nigra. 



