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THE LIVING ANIMALS OF THE WORLD 
MANCHURIAN CRANE 
TAe piebald plumage of this species is distincti've 
between the gullet and the skin 
with air through a small hole 
under the tongue. For manyyears 
it was believed this bag was used 
as a sort of water-bottle, to enable 
the bird to live amid the arid 
wastes which were its chosen 
haunts. 
Photo by Scholastic Photo. Co , Parson's Green 
WATTLED CRANE 
So called from the pendent lappets of the throat, 
is a South African species 
To see the great bustard in a wild state to-day, one 
would have to travel to Spain. And if one could make 
a pilgrimage for this purpose during the birds’ courting- 
season, some very wonderful antics on the part of the 
male would be witnessed. These antics make up what 
is really a very elaborate love-display. In this perform- 
ance the bird inflates his neck with wind, draws his 
head closely down on to the back, throws up his tail,, 
so as to make the most of the pure white feathers 
underneath, and sticks up certain of the quill-feathers 
of the wing in a manner that only a great bustard can. 
Certain long feathers projecting from each side of the 
head now stand out like the quills of the porcupine, 
forming a sort of cheval-dc-frise on either side of the 
head, and complete the picture, which, in our eyes, 
savours of the ludicrous. The inflation of the neck is 
brought about by filling a specially developed wind-bag 
Phi,tn by Scholastic Photo. Co.] 
[^Parson's Green 
COMMON CRANE 
Cranes. 
Cranes vary much in general appearance. Some 
species have much of the skin round the head bare and 
brilliantly coloured, such as the Sarus Crane of India 
and the Crowned Crane. 
The White and Whooping Cranes are birds of 
wondrous beauty. The first-named species has been not 
inaptly caked the “lily of birds.” The whole plumage, 
with the exception of the black quills, is white. The legs 
are red, as is also the face. Dr. Coues once mistook one 
of these birds — the Whooping-crane — for an antelope. 
He and a companion saw what they “took to be an an- 
telope standing quietly feeding, with his broad white 
stern toward us, and only about 500 yards off. We 
attempted for at least fifteen minutes to ‘flag’ the crea- 
ture. This proving unavailing, my friend proceeded 
to stalk the game, for about half the distance before 
It 
