WHOOPING CRANE. 
The name of this finely formed bird is ob- 
viously derived from it's peculiarly sonorous 
voice. With the rest of the Crane kind, it 
must be classed^ according to the Linnean 
System of Zoology, as a species of the Ar- 
dea, or Heron ; the chara6leristic of which 
is, a cristated head almost bare of feathers. 
. The length of the Whooping Crane, from 
the tip of the bill to the end of the claws, is 
five feet seven inches : the bone from the knee 
to the foot is eleven inches long ; and the mid- 
dlemost toe, v/ithout the claw, five inches^ 
The bill is six inches long, and toothed at 
the point ; the nostrils are placed in the fur- 
rows on each side, at about a third of the 
length from the head ; and the chaps, which 
are of a yellowish brown colour at their ex- 
tremities, are dusky in the middle. 
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