W H I T E . C R A M IE
Grus leuqogeranus: (T&mmJ
WH I T E CRANE .
lea splendid species of Crane having been lately added to the European Fauna, we have deemed it necessj
uiclude it in the present work, and have accordingly figured it from a beautiful specimen o f the male p;
ted to us by M. Temminck, who in a letter accompanying it states that it is one of onr most rec<
^ssions, mid is consequently one o f the rarest among the European birds. It native habitat is doubtless t
lihem and central portions o f Asia, whence its range is extended even to Japan, where it. is common. T
§|: European localities in which it has as yet been observed Are'the mOsc easterly, portions o f the Coniine:
«•»•site this species exceeds the Common Crane, and independently o f its snow-white colouring, it al
crs from thatspecies in its mtush longer bill.
ktails, frogs, t he fry And ova of fishes, small Crustacea and bulbous roots are said to constitute its food,
fae whole of he plumage, with the exception of the primaries, which are brow», is of a pure vrbite; ba
t o f the head red 5 bill greenish hormcst(rur: legs and foot
lie figure is about owe third of die tpaturwi vjsn*