. Indian sporting birds . ii^tc. Garden Londot. GRUS LEUCOCERANUS WHITE OK SNOW-WREATH CRANE 127 saw the birds on any other occasion, and I do not pretend toknow what they were, beyond this, that they were cranes of the7)i07iachiis type and probably some undescribed species. Nosuch species has ever turned up, and of course the argument asto date and locality has no value in the case of strong-wingedmigrants ; there can be practically no doubt that Humes birdswere simply hooded cranes. Not much is known about the birdanywhere ; its eggs have not been taken yet. It travels in smallflock
. Indian sporting birds . ii^tc. Garden Londot. GRUS LEUCOCERANUS WHITE OK SNOW-WREATH CRANE 127 saw the birds on any other occasion, and I do not pretend toknow what they were, beyond this, that they were cranes of the7)i07iachiis type and probably some undescribed species. Nosuch species has ever turned up, and of course the argument asto date and locality has no value in the case of strong-wingedmigrants ; there can be practically no doubt that Humes birdswere simply hooded cranes. Not much is known about the birdanywhere ; its eggs have not been taken yet. It travels in smallflocks, and arrives at its breeding-grounds in the north in April asa rule, and leaves for the south in August. Although it is rarein captivity, the London Zoo has a fine pair at the time ofwriting. I can see no brown on their plumage, and I noticethat they wade a great deal. White or Si\ow-Avrcath Crane. Grus leucogeranus. Karekhur, Hindustani. In height and length being only by a few inches less than thesarus, this splendid
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