BROWN AND ASH-COLOURED CP.ANE. 
;become brown at the rise of the breast. The 
beginning of the back, and the covert feathers 
of the wings, are of a light reddish brown, 
with tips of a darker hue. The greater quills 
are a blackish brown, with white shafts ; and 
those which fall next the back are brown, 
their points extending be^^ond the prime quills 
when the wings are closed. The tail is of a 
brownish ash-colour, and the breast changes 
from brown to cinereous, which colour 
reaches to the covert-feathers of the tail, 
where they are whitish. The lower part of 
the back, the rump, and the upper coverts of 
the tail, are of a light ash ; and the legs, feet, 
and claws, are entirely black, the former be- 
ing bare above the knees. 
These differences, BufFon obsen-cs, and that 
of the size, which in this family of birds va- 
ries much, are not sufficient to feparate this 
species from that of the European Crane. 
Thev arc, at least, two kindred species ; espe- 
cially, as their habits, and the climates where 
they exist, are s.milar. They usually advance 
into the north, as far even as Hudson's Bay, 
where they breed; but, on the approach of 
winter, 
