between male and female measurements existed in the tarsal length, 
which averaged 186.7 mm. on adult males and 174.9 mm. on adult females. 
The averages of comparable measurements on the immature specimens 
checked were only slightly lower than for the adults. 
Sex 
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Alaska: 
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Table 3. --Measurements of Lesser Sandhill Cranes 
(Breeding Adults) 
Locality 
Ft. Kenai 
: Petersburg 
:80 mi. up 
Nushagak R. 
:St.Michael 
:Point Barrow 
:St. Michael 
: HN nn 
:Point Barrow 
:Fort Cosmos 
Mackenzie: 
Fort 
Alaska: 25 mi.inland 
Resolution 
Kokechick R. 
Alaska: 
im 
" . 
* 
Nome 
ii) 
Nushagak R. 
St .Michael 
Mackenzie: 
Fort 
Alaska: 
Resolution 
Kokechik R. 
:St.Michael 
:Ft. Kenai 
:Hooper Bay 
Wing 
Date 
May 4;1869 
June 23,1941 
" 28,1881 
"7, 1881 
" 620, 1883 
"3, 1880 
Aug .24,1878 
June 1, 1883 
May 23,1886 
June 19,1903 
24,1924 
28,1903 
iT " 51907 
28,1881 
7, 1881 
19,1903 
24,1924 
14,1881 
6, 1869 
10,1924 
493 
462 
460 
494 
439 
475 
475 
462 
503 
487 
440 
433 
463 
424 
430 
456 
437 
446 
485 
465 
chord Tail postr. 
Culmen 
from 
end of 
nostril 
187 76 
176 69 
162 73 
160 75 
163 75 
162 72 
169 70 
156 70 
178 71 
176 85 
178 65 
169 60 
171 69.5 
153 66 
165 66 
164 73 
164 68 
145 74 
171 - 
177 63 
Tarsus 
206 
192 
188 
197 
196 
210 
192 
186 
207 
224 
178 
165 
202 
184 
156 
211 
166 
191 
198 
174 
Middle 
toe 
without 
claw 
72 
68 
62 
74 
66 
70 
66 
66 
67 


