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AUSTRALIAN CRANE. 
| T is better known to us as the Native 
Companion—a long-legged bird, fond of 
hot country and swamps. Generally it nests 
upon the almost bare ground, but the illus¬ 
tration shows a nest being subject to flood. 
It was raised each day a little, and finally 
got to be 3 feet high. The bird indulges 
in a native “ quadrille.” oooooooooo 
