BROWN AND ASH-COLOURED CRANE. 
winter, again return towards the south, hold- 
ing their course, as it should seem, through 
the country of the Illinois, and of the Hu- 
rons, and pushing onwards to Mexico, or 
even farther. These American Cranes, there- 
fore, have the same instin6t: as those of Eu- 
rope : they travel, also, from north to south ; 
and this is, probably, what the Indian meant, 
who told Catesby that they retired from the 
sea to the mountains. 
The Brown and Ash-Coloured Crane ad- 
vances from Mexico to the northern parts of 
the continent early in the spring. It appears 
in Hudson's Bay about the month of May; 
"where it frequents the lakes and pools during 
the summer, and retires again in autumn. 
This bird is easy to be recognised in the To^ 
quilcoyotl of Fernandez, as thus described — 
** To the Crane a species may be referred, 
which is of the same size, and has similar ha- 
bits and instindls ; it is called ToquilcoyotI, 
in imitation of it's cry: it's whole body is 
browii, 
