This Crane is rare in collections, although a label with the name of this bird is often put on individuals of the 
foregoing species, which have not been properly identified. In the Zoological Gardens of Amsterdam specimens have 
lived for a long time, the bird represented on the plate having been there for over 22 years. 
The trachea figured belonged to the bird which lived for so many years in the Zoological Garden of Amsterdam 
and which is represented on plate VIII. 
Trachea of Grus antigone. 
