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G iu s c in e re a ; iMeMsfi#.
Genu« GB. DB,
Gm . C h a r . B e a k lo n g e r . t h a n t h e head, s t r a ig h t , s t r o n g , cpmpresB«s»& ¡pointed. Nostrils
i: p la c e d h o r i z o n t a l l y in th e iu a ter io r part of a f u r r o w , large* <!,on«ave,- pervir*««, postoriorly
c lo s e d by a m em b r a n e . Zug* longp.stro»^- naked . a bov e - j am* ; three Coe» in front;
m id d le to e u n i t e d t o th e o u i e r one,b y a oierobrane; bind toe f l l l j l j u;s h tap 0» the
ta r su s . Wings moderate', r o u n d e d ; f ir s t quid-feathe/- sh o r te r tha(W:..%! aetfOnd; the Third
| | | | longest..
COMMON" (TRANE.
fjiru# (xm$re&, MocAst.
|br«T the Crape was one.»? cpiomon in fhigkuuii is a fact, leariMMT ¡Twa* <&* accounts of all the writers on
ffMggiivy, who caumerajie; it as»ong tlic noblest g ;me, v/hidt i&»r «1*1* id Penajiitt« Falcons eotild alone
The gradual enltivHtioii c r "he cownfcy* ?V iknw iu «¿j! sttMaftj «ud the indtasiirc of wild1 trau«
«whf-tBi«® ¿ays, W ' ateix* wholly ;»u.!sh.d p § w -n | | | ttk**.4wri wdnudi B | j however, it |||k
«li^sional visits, and few sca»oiM pas* «ritUut» i n;>i; ifritMn precision of ii,a-gJa«d- i
P P ¡»reseat day, it must tfrea have beet» a Wrd of j[ifi«mge> a^Ksftiirig oudy in autumn and winter; s&Wj^i
is: native dhnate appears to be the higher northern latitudes, both of Europe and the adgoiniiig j>«m of
isin, whence .they pass southwards, being forced so abandon their solitary.' retdtn# upon the approach d
filter, and gladly returning when, spring opens the frozen regions, and again offers afriisiuiy asylrun,
Fioeks o f these birds are see» at stated ttSe* in France and Germany, passing northwards and southwards
s .dip. season may be, in marshalled order, high in the air, tlieir sonorous voices distinctly, soneding eve-; from
a®fr elevated-course. ^ifoSasionally they descend, attracted by new-sown fields, or the prtispegt of finding
ibditt tnarsbes, the borders o f rivers, or even the shores o f the se a ; but generally they continue Itheir fright
The nest is usually placed among, reeds, thick osier hods, Hnd the mai .ud lì
want o f the bare space on the top o f tlwt head». or at least hr its being fjjtd; barfth ?rtt
: front o f the neck and occiput, h not yet apparent, or ii .Heated ortly by a.^W'
{ The adult birds, male and femaH are sìnnUtr ìd .cobur, thtt plumès bcing l l i e lo t ^
içaiaic. ’ ^
j | | i | wliole o f the body is o f a delicate grey, the throat, the fore pare o f the neck, ai
.n'deep greyish'black ; the forehead aud spitce between the ere and the beak garnishe
tup o f the head is naked and red | the secondaries form a beautiful flowing pende
long and decomposed, consisting of kiOwi «mro-.r.rcrc;! barbs • hanging half w
•jfàp' greenish black, passing into horn cotooè at filile tip, but reddish at its ba«.e? lai
■•iaetfiwi'.'. Length, from beak to tail, tbrée fri** fad, ¡ncikip
The aged birds have a white space b^iai ai; '»‘«1:» behind the eye over file cheeks, at
'neck for a considerable distance.
Our Fiate represents an adult ¿naie nearly otte half o f the natural size.