. The natural history of the cranes. Cranes (Birds). Balea/rica chrysopelargus. 15 their lower extremity to the first pair of true ribs. This I have observed in three or four specimens of B. pavonina, and am unaware of any other bird in which these muscles are similarly attached. They perch more freely than do other cranes; both species are African, one of them occasionally straying into Europe. Bufifon supposed the two species to be male and female of the same; but they inhabit different parts of Africa, and paired couples of each of them may be commonly seen in vivaria, the male being conspi
. The natural history of the cranes. Cranes (Birds). Balea/rica chrysopelargus. 15 their lower extremity to the first pair of true ribs. This I have observed in three or four specimens of B. pavonina, and am unaware of any other bird in which these muscles are similarly attached. They perch more freely than do other cranes; both species are African, one of them occasionally straying into Europe. Bufifon supposed the two species to be male and female of the same; but they inhabit different parts of Africa, and paired couples of each of them may be commonly seen in vivaria, the male being conspicuously larger than his mate. Both species were figured by Edwards in 1751, pi. 192. They are well-distinguished though closely akin to each Stbknum op Baleaeica cheysopbi-aegus. BALBAEICA OHEYS OPEL ARGUS (Light.). THE KAFFIR CEANE. Aedea cheysopelaegds, Licht. Cat. rer. nat. rar. (1793.) Antheopoides eeguloeum, Bennett, , 1833,' p. 118. L'OisiATj EoTAL, Buff. PI. Enl. pi. 265. (1783.) The Kapfib oe Ceowned Ceane of the colonists. [The following communication on the name of this species was read before the Zoological Society, February 17th, 1880 : The KaflSr Crane is usually termed Baleariea reguhrwm (Lioht.), apparently on the authority of Mr. E. T. Bennett, Yioe-Seoretary of this Society, who, at the meeting held on November 12,1833, " exhibited specimens of Crowned Cranes from Northern and from Southern Africa, with the view of illustrating the characters which distinguish as species the birds from these several localities. Their specific distinction, he stated, on the authority of Professor Liohtenstein, had been pointed out, nearly thirty years since, by the Professor's father, who gave to the Cape bird the name of Grus regulorum; this distinction has, however, not been generally known among ornithologists, although to those connected with the Society it has for some time been familiar, from observa- tion both of numerous skins and of living individuals
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