BROWN AND ASH-COLOURED 
CRANE. 
This beautiful Crane, the Ardea Canadensis 
of Linnaeus, is by Buffon called simply the 
Brown Crane, and described as about a third 
smaller than the Whooping Crane. 
From the accurate Edwards, to whom we 
are indebted for the figure, we learn that the 
bill of this bird is four inches long ; and that the 
wings, when closed, are eighteen inches. The 
leg bone, from the knee to the foot, is seven 
inches long ; and the middle toe is above three 
inches. The bill, which is formed like that 
of the Wliooping Crane, is of a dusky co- 
lour; except the point of the lower cliap, 
which is of a light flesh-colour. The top of 
the head, from the bill to the ear-holes, is 
covered with a reddish skin, thinly beset with 
black hairs; but the sides of the head beneath 
the eyes, and the inferior side of the throat, are 
white. The hinder parts of the head and 
neck all round are cinereous, and gradually 
become 
