V a r . A.
JAPAN. CR.
D e s c r i p t io n *
P l a c e .
6. HOOPING CR.
D e s c r i p t io n .
Le Grue du Japon, Sri/. On. v. p. 381. 9.
g I Z E and fhape of the laft. Bill and legs dull green: the
upper part of the head covered with a red Ikin, fprinkled
with a few briftly feathers: fore part of the neck black: the
hind part of the reft of the plumage in general white, except
the greater quills, which are black : fome of the fecondaries are
pointed at the ends, and fo long as almoft to reach the end of
the tail.
Inhabits Japan. I obferve this bird to be frequent in Chineje
paintings and paper-hangings; as alfo reprefented in china ware:
in all thefe the loofe feathers which hang over the tail are
black.
Ardea Americana, Lin. Syß. i. p. 234. c.
La Grue d’Amerique, Brif. Orn. v. p. 382. 10.— PL EnL SSg*
■ blanche, Buf. Oif. vii. p. 308.
Hooping Crane, Cateß. Car. i. pi. 7$.— Ed*w. p. 132%— Arfi. Zool. N° 330.
p ^ E N G T H four feet fix inches; and to the end of the claws
five feet feven inches. Bill fix inches, toothed at the edges
near the end, and of a yellow brown colour : the top of the
head, and under the eyes, covered with a red Ikin, befet with
black hairs, which are placed fo thick next the bill as to appear
nearly black; this ends in a point nearly beneath the ears : he-
hind the crown, on the nape, is a triangular black mark : the
general colour of the plumage white; except the bend of the wing,
which is of a pale rofe-colour; the nine firft quills are black ;
the tenth black and white; and the reft white: the legs, and
bare part of the thighs, black: on the rump the feathers are
tufted, and hang curved downwards, as. in the common Crane.
This is an American fpeeies, often feen at the mouths of the
Savanna, Aratamaka, and other rivers nearer St. Augujline: in
fpring going to the north to breed, like the common Crane, and
returning, like that bird, to the louth in autumn. In the fum-
mer are found, in Htedjon’s Bay, at which place they arrive in
Jo.lay,. and retire in September', and are chiefly met with in unfrequented
places, in the neighbourhood of lakes, where they
breed. The neft is made on the ground, compofed of grafs and
feathers. They lay two white eggs, like thofe of the Swan, and
fit twenty days: the young are at firft yellow, changing to
white by degrees. Thefe birds have a loud long note, which
may be heard at a great diftance: the food is chiefly worms
and infe&s, which it fearehes for at the bottoms of ponds. The
natives of Hudjon’s Bay call it Wapaw-uchechauh *.
Ardea Canadenfis, Lin. Syji. 1. p. 234. 3.
La Grue de la Baye d’Hudfon, Brif. Orn. v. p. 385. 11.
— ~..- brune, Bnf. Oif. viifp. 310«
Blue Crane, Phil. Tranf. vol. lxii. p. 4° 9*
Brown and alh-coloured Crane, Ed<w. pi. 133.—~Ar£l. Zool. N° 340.
Lev. Muf. I
T ENGTH three feet three inches: weight feven pounds and
a half. Bill three inches and three quarters, and dulky;
* For the vernacular name of this, as well as many other birds of North America,
as alfo the manners of many fpeeies, I am indebted to the obfervations
of Mr. Hutchins, of tht/hid/on's Bay Company, an intelligent and communicative
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