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whilst his beautiful red eyes seem to flash fire. As a bird for the 
table the Coolen is very superior, standing in my opinion next to 
the Floriken (Otis bengalensis). It should be kept a week before 
being cooked, and this is easily done in the north-west provinces, 
during December and Janpary. Coolen visit the west of the Jumna 
in immense numbers. They are found at Delhi, Agra, Muttra, 
Bhurtpore, Bundelkhund, Neemuch, Nusseerabad, and east of the 
Jumna. They appear to be seldom met with (at least I never 
heard of or met with any) in Bengal, in Dinapore, Gorackpore, 
Benares, Cawnpore, Meerut, &c., &c. To my surprise, however, 
T read in the ‘ Calcutta Sporting Review,’ that they are found at 
Dakka. If so, and they all arrive in India from the same place, 
the Coolen must make a long flight to little purpose, and leave a 
large tract of country unyisited.”’ * 
These Dakka “Coolen” are no doubt the Grus cinerea, for 
the Gr. virgo certainly does not yisit Lower Bengal; nor are the 
others much seen in the Gangetic delta. 
* “ Calcutta Sporting Review,” 1847, p. 163. 
