. The natural history of the cranes. Cranes (Birds). Orus viridirostris. 53. GRUS VIRIDIROSTRIS. Vieillot. THE MANTCHURIAN OEANB. Geus japonensiSj Briss. Ornith. v. 381. (1760.) Getjs vieidieosteiSj Vieillotj Bncycl. M^th., iii., p. 1141. (1823.) Getjs collaeiSj Temm. Planch, col. (sab. tab 449). (1828.) Antigone montignesia, Bp. Compt. rend, p. 661. (1854.) Geus montigenesia. Wolf, Zool. Sketches, Series I., pi. 46. (1861.) Geus montigenesia, Wolf, , 1861, pi. 35 (Young). [Mr. Blyth described this species under the name of Orus Japonensis, Briss., but Mr. P. L. Sclater, in the
. The natural history of the cranes. Cranes (Birds). Orus viridirostris. 53. GRUS VIRIDIROSTRIS. Vieillot. THE MANTCHURIAN OEANB. Geus japonensiSj Briss. Ornith. v. 381. (1760.) Getjs vieidieosteiSj Vieillotj Bncycl. M^th., iii., p. 1141. (1823.) Getjs collaeiSj Temm. Planch, col. (sab. tab 449). (1828.) Antigone montignesia, Bp. Compt. rend, p. 661. (1854.) Geus montigenesia. Wolf, Zool. Sketches, Series I., pi. 46. (1861.) Geus montigenesia, Wolf, , 1861, pi. 35 (Young). [Mr. Blyth described this species under the name of Orus Japonensis, Briss., but Mr. P. L. Sclater, in the notes which he has favoured me, writes as follows: Brisson's authority to give sjpedfie names not being allowed by the Strioklandian code of nomenclature—the earliest name applicable to the present bird seems to be viridvrosiris of Vieillot (Enc. Mdth. p. 1141), based upon Brisson's description. The term collaris bestowed upon it by Temminok, in his " Plcmches Ooloriees " (sub. tab. 449), had been previously assigned by Boddaert to another species. See page 45.] The Mantchurian Crane is conspicuously much larger than the common species, and of precisely the same subtype; but the plumage is pure white, except the throat and middle of the neck all round, continued to a point towards the base of the neck behind, which are ashy-black, and the grand tufts formed by the erectile tertiaries and their disunited webs, which are black j forehead and crown bare and crimson, the former concealed by black bristle-like plumelets ] bill and feet dull green; irides very dark, appearing black in the living bird; the ear-coverts are white, the ashy black extending partly round them behind. The sexes hardly differ in external Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Blyth, Edward, 1810-1873; Te
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