NUMIDIAN CRANE. 
liead is greenish, in the middle part it gradually 
becomes yellow, and the point is red. The 
irides of the eyes are of a shining red colour. 
The head, and upper part of the neck, are 
black; except the crown, which is grey. 
Immediately from behind each eye, springs 
forth a tuft of long, soft, white feathers; 
which tend backward, hang down behind 
in a very graceful manner, and wave with the 
least air when the bird is in motion. The 
fore-part of the neck is covered with soft, 
long and slender black feathers, which fall on 
the breast irt a very pretty manner ; sometimes 
close, at other times detached like the ends of 
a lady's tippet. The hinder part of the neck, 
the whole body, wings, and tail, are of a 
blueish ash-colour ; except the great quills, 
which are dusky or black : the tips of the 
tail feathers are also blackish. It has pretty 
long legs, the feet not very long, all covered 
with dark or blackish scales ; the claws are 
black. The legs are bare of feathers a good 
space above the knees. 
Three of these birds were the property of 
his Grace the late Duke of Montague. They 
were 
