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CRANES. 
The next form has given some difficulty in assigning 
it a situation ; it is more varied in habits and feeding, 
and, in internal structure, seems to approach nearer 
the Rasores than the typical Grallatores ; but the 
British bird, when viewed in conjunction with the 
foreign species, and some of those large birds which 
were formerly associated with the genus, will be 
found to take its place, and fill up a wanting gap 
among the Ardeadw. 
Grus, Pallas — Generic characters . — Bill strong, 
nearly straight, compressed, pointed ; nostrils 
large and pervious ; legs long, much of the 
tibim naked ; toes strong, but comparatively 
short, the hinder toe short, articulated, high on 
the tarsus ; wings ample, rather rounded, third 
quill longest ; tertial feathers often elongated. 
Types, G. cinerea, Americana. Europe, Asia, 
America. 
