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WHITE CRANE.
G ru s leucogeranu s, Temm.
L a G ru e leucogerane .
T h i s splendid species o f Crane having been lately added to the European Fauna, we have deemed it necessary
to include it in the present work, and have accordingly figured it from a beautiful specimen o f the male presented
to us by M. Temminck, who in a letter accompanying it states that it is one o f our most recent
accessions, and is consequently one o f the rarest among the European birds. Its native habitat is doubtless the
northern and central portions o f Asia, whence its range is extended, even to Japan, where it is common. The
only European localities in which it has as yet been observed are the most easterly portions o f the Continent.
In size this species exceeds the Common Crane, and independently o f its snow-white colouring, it also
differs from that species in its much longer bill.
Snails, frogs, the fry and ova o f fishes, small crustacea and bulbous roots are said to constitute its food.
The whole o f the plumage, with the exception o f the primaries, which are brown, is o f a pure white; bare
part o f the head r e d ; bill greenish horn-colour; legs and feet black.
The figure is about one third o f the natural size.