The Hiflory ^ANIMAL S, 4 57 
making fome turns in it, it comes out again at the fame pafTage, and then makes it's 
way to the lungs. 
This beautiful and Angular bird is a native of Holland, and of many other of the 
northern parts of Europe, as well as fome of the more fouthern, but it does not breed 
with us. It comes over to us occafionally, however • we fometimes fee a Angle crane 
ftraggling in one or other part of the kingdom, but in the fens of Lincolnfhire it is 
otherwife: I have there met with, large flocks of them, and there are people who 
pretend that they breed there. Though the crane frequents waters, it is not one of 
thofe birds which feed on .fifties. It’s flefli is very delicate, and this, as well as the 
mufculous ftru&ure of the flomach, declare for it’s feeding on vegetables. It is fre¬ 
quent in the markets of Italy, and fome other places; but, in fome countries where it 
is very common, it is a fuperftition that they fhould not be killed. All the authors 
who have written on birds have named it, and all under the fame fitnple name Grus. 
Ardea vertice toto nudo papillofo 3 roftro longiore . 
The Ard&a , with the whole upper part of the head 
papillofe j and the beak long. 
This is a fmaller bird than the European crane, otherwife it is very like it: the 
head is large, and is fomewhat compreffed at the fides, but it is rounded at the crown : 
the eyes are large, and their iris is of a beautiful yellow : the beak is confiderably 
longer than in the common crane, but it is lefs robuft3 it is fhort, and pointed at the 
end : the noftrils are oblong, and very confpicuous, and are of a greyifh-colour 5 the 
reft of the beak is of a blackifh colour, but with a tinge of olive among it. 
The head is all over naked on the crown, and the flefli rifes into a kind of granu¬ 
lations or papillae, with a few black, fhort, and fiiff hairs among.them: the naked 
part extends from the very bafe of the beak to the top of the neck: the fides of the 
head are blackifli, but toward the eyes there is fome whitenefs ; the neck is immode¬ 
rately long, and is of a deep afli-colour5 the throat indeed is almoft black : the bread 
and belly are white, and the back, fhoulders, and covering feathers of the wings are 
grey : the rump only is a little paler than the reft. 
The wings are very large3 their long feathers are of a deep iron-grey: the co¬ 
vering feathers of the extream joint are whiter than the reft: the tail is very fhort and 
inconfiderable 3 it is fcarce feen beyond the tips of the wings: the legs are black ; 
they are very long, and are naked half way up the thighs: the toes are very robuft, 
but much fhorter than thofe of the common crane. 
This is a native of the Eaft and Weft Indies, but it is no where fo common as on 
the ifland of Madagafcar. It feeds on water plants, and is continually feen wading in 
fhallow brooks, and on the fides of rivers j the common people therefore fuppofe it 
feeds on fifli, but that is an error. Moft of the writers on birds have defcribed it. 
Willughby, Ray, and others call it Grus Indica, and fome Grus minor Indica. 
Ardea 'capite criflato . 
The Ardea , with a crejled head. 
This is an extreamly Angular and beautiful bird • it’s body is of the bignefs of that 
of a goofe : it’s neck and it’s legs are immoderately long: the head is moderately large, 
but the lingular arrangement of it’s feathers makes it appear much more fo than it 
really is: the eyes are large, bright, and piercing; the beak is robuft and thick at the 
bafe, but it is fhorter than that of the crane ; it does not exceed, indeed, three inches 
in length 3 it is throughout of a deep olive colour, except that the tip or point is quite 
black, and the noftrils are grey and pale. 
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