ILLUSTRATIONS OF FOREIGN OOLOGY. 
At other times, as when disturbed during the heat of the day, they 
may be seen circling round at a great height, but still a regular 
order of lines may be distinguished. ‘Their favourite food is the 
Cicer arietum. They never go to tanks to drink, but always to 
rivers.’ “ When this bird,” adds Mr. Jerdon, “is struck by a 
Bhyree (Falco peregrinus), its mate generally comes to its assis- 
tance. The Bhyree always strikes it on the back and wings, to 
avoid being wounded by the sharp inner claw, with which, if struck 
on the head, it generally manages to inflict severe wounds on the 
breast of the Falcon. The inner claw of all these cranes is much 
hooked, and exceedingly sharp, and the bird always, in self-defence, 
strikes with its claw, and never with its bill.” 
By the sportsmen of the Bengal Presidency, the Demoiselle is 
always known as the « Coolen,”” a term which is sometimes ex- 
tended likewise to Grus cinerea. It is in great estimation for the 
table. We will conclude by’ citing a couple of sportsmen’s notices 
of it, as an object of quest for dinner, not objecting to a little 
repetition if from the pen of another original observer :— 
“The Coolen,” says a writer in the Bengal Sporting Magazine 
(for Feb. 1837), “are almost always to be seen in large flights 
(similar to geese), frequenting in the day time the large beds of sand 
of the Jumna, Chumbul, Soane, and other rivers of Western India, 
and at night (evening and morning) feeding in the corn fields, 
which they damage very considerably, Occasionally I have seen a 
stray bird or two feeding along with the Siras. (Qu. Gr. cinerea? 
though the bright red head of the Séras renders it familiar to all, 
B.); but I have never observed any below Dinapore, and cannot 
ae arias ace, common about Meerat and Kurnaul. ‘They 
5% “ ras patent to approach in flights, and there is always 
Satie et ve € lookout for the enemy. I have, however, 
one or two down on the skirts of a Jjewer field, 
oh thus an occasional bird may be shot. 
ee ores 4 plumage of both sexes sa striking ; but the 
hott: Ihe poe a ieee ENS ol The former weighs 
ce Tie Catia : ands about 25 inches high. 
Raise Be nee ieee not common to all 
fowlins pues ies a0 on y please the taste of the lovers of the 
ny Sal ae 4 ewise suit the palate of the epicure. For 
eat i: e palm to it, even over the Floriken,” 
