. A history of British birds . out to receive it; into this groove,formed by the separation of the sides of the keel, the tracheapasses, and is firmly bound therein by cellular membrane, * On the 27th May, as the Editor was studying the colours of the soft parts intwo Cranes, presumably a pair, from Lulea in Finland, presented in 1880 to theZoological Gardens by Mr. Norman W. Shairp, the darker bird, probably themale, was observed to be stalking a sparrow in the enclosure. The drawn inneck shot out to its fullest extent : there was a snap and a faint squeak ; for aminute or so the sparrow was
. A history of British birds . out to receive it; into this groove,formed by the separation of the sides of the keel, the tracheapasses, and is firmly bound therein by cellular membrane, * On the 27th May, as the Editor was studying the colours of the soft parts intwo Cranes, presumably a pair, from Lulea in Finland, presented in 1880 to theZoological Gardens by Mr. Norman W. Shairp, the darker bird, probably themale, was observed to be stalking a sparrow in the enclosure. The drawn inneck shot out to its fullest extent : there was a snap and a faint squeak ; for aminute or so the sparrow was battered against the ground and then swallowedwhole. The other bird got highly excited during this operation, and, afterexecuting a wild dance, made an ineffectual attempt to catch another sparrow asit ilew over. t Grentlemans Magazine, vol. 38, p. 190 GRUID^. and after making three turns, passes again forwards, thenupwards, and ultimately backwards to be attached to the twolobes of the lungs by the bronchial The second representation is taken from the sternum ofan old female Crane, and exhibits the trachea still fartherextended, and occupying nearly the whole cavity between
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