New York Zoological Society. 
LITTLE BROWN CRANE (Grus canadensis). Length: 3 feet. Range: North Amer¬ 
ica. 
This bird was once thought to be the young of the sandhill crane which it 
closely resembles. It breeds in the Arctic, from Hudson Bay to Alaska. 
American Museum of Natural History. 
SANDHILL CRANE 
GROUP (Grus mexi- 
CANA). Length: 4 feet. 
Range: Temperate North 
America. 
Sandhill cranes are 
the least common spe¬ 
cies of American cranes. 
They flap heavily 
through the air, follow¬ 
ing their leader in single 
file. Cranes are long- 
lived; a specimen of the 
common crane reached 
the ripe age of forty. 
The ancient Greeks con¬ 
sidered cranes a great 
delicacy and snared 
them. 
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