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THE BALEARIC CEANE. 
Genus BALEARICA : Balearica. — This includes tlie Crowned Crane, B, pavonina—Ardea 
pavonina of Liuna2.us ; also called the Balearic Crane, from the notion that it was the bird to 
which the ancients gave that name. It 
stands four feet high ; its color is a bluish- 
slate ; it has a loud, boarse, trumpet-like 
note, is easily reconciled to captivity, 
and readil}^ mingles with common 
poultry ; found in N'orthern and West- 
ern Africa. 
Genus PSOPHIA : PsojMa.—To 
this belongs the Trumpeter, called 
Agami by the natives of tropical Amer- 
ica, in the forests of which it is found 
in flocks ; it is twenty-two inches long, 
and has a loud, hollow cry of too, too, 
too, too, the sound being made withont 
opening the bill. 
Genus CARIAMA : Cai 'iama. — To 
this belongs the Cariama, C. cristatus, 
found in the lofty plains of Brazil and 
Paraguay. It is thirty inches long; 
earthy-bro^Yn above, whitish below ; it 
nms with great swiftness, and is exceed- 
ingly shy and watchful. It feeds on 
lizards, insects, and molluscous animals. 
It is easily domesticated, and will live 
sociably with the other tenants of the 
poultry-yard. 
Genus ARAMUS: Aramtis. — To 
THE CARIAMA. this belougs thc Crying-Bird, A. sco- 
lopaceus, two feet long, of a reddish-brown color ; common in tropical America ; found occasion- 
