Lost British Birds. 
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followed; and so on progressively ; leaving only the forms 
that had no distinguishing mark, that attracted less atten¬ 
tion on account of their smaller size, and their inferiority in 
beauty of shape or colour. 
I. Chane — Grus cinerea. Of birds which have ceased to 
rank as British species, the common crane comes first in the 
order of time. In the sixteenth century it was, with other 
large game birds—heron, bittern, spoonbill, bustard, etc.— 
protected by act of Parliament. This was a wise law, that 
