. The natural history of the cranes. Cranes (Birds). Ghus fraierculus. 79 North America," pi. 37. American Pigmy Crane. This little known but undoubted species was collected near San Antonio de Bixar, Texas, by Mr. H. E. Dresser, who has favoured me with the following description of his specimen: " Dull blue-grey or ashy blue; feathers on the back edged and washed with dull brown; neck and under parts pure ashy blue; ihroat and chin very pale; primaries black, shafts white, duller in colour towards the tips J top of head bare to the centre of the crown, or nearly thus far, and covere
. The natural history of the cranes. Cranes (Birds). Ghus fraierculus. 79 North America," pi. 37. American Pigmy Crane. This little known but undoubted species was collected near San Antonio de Bixar, Texas, by Mr. H. E. Dresser, who has favoured me with the following description of his specimen: " Dull blue-grey or ashy blue; feathers on the back edged and washed with dull brown; neck and under parts pure ashy blue; ihroat and chin very pale; primaries black, shafts white, duller in colour towards the tips J top of head bare to the centre of the crown, or nearly thus far, and covered sparingly with hairs. Oulmen, 4"3in.; wing, 17'5in.; tail, 6in.; tarsus, 7*6in. j inner secondaries slightly curved, elongated, extending Sin. beyond the ; There can be little or no doubt that this and the preceding species have been commonly and habitually confounded hitherto with G. canadensis; the three being much alike in plumage, but distinguishable by their respective sizes, and doubtless by other details when properly compared together, as by the reduced nude coronal patch of Q. sohlegeUi as compared with that of Q, 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; Tegetmeier, W. B. (William Bernhard), 1816-1912. [London] Pub. for the author by H. Cox [etc. ]
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