DEMOISELLE CRANE . — Scops Virgo. 
CROWNED CRANE . — Bolearica pavomna. 
These two birds are remarkable, not only for their beauty of form and plumage, 
but for the extraordinary antics in which they occasionally indulge. 
The Demoiselle, or Numidian Crane, is common in many parts of Africa, 
and has been seen in some portions of Asia, and occasionally in Eastern Europe. 
The movements of this beautiful bird are generally slow and graceful, with a 
certain air of delicate daintiness about them which have earned for it the title of 
Demoiselle. But on occasions it is seized with a fit of eccentricity, and puts 
itself through a series of absurd gambols, dancing about on the tip of its toes, 
flapping its wings, and bowing its head in the most grotesque fashion. 
The Crowned Crane is even more striking than the Demoiselle, its coronet ox 
golden plumes, and the scarlet cheeks making it a very conspicuous bird. 
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