. Cassell's natural history . s so exact, so nice and curious in his Iepasts, th;d when his prime favouiite,William Iilz Osborne, who, as dapifcr or steward of liis houscliold, had the charge of thecurey, served liim with the flesh of a crane scarcely half roasted, the king was so , that he liflcd up liis fist, and would have struck him, had not Eudo, who TUK COMMON CRANK. 171 was appointed dapifer immediately after, warded ofttlio blow. At the cnthronisatioiiof George Newell, the arclibLshop above alluded to, 204 cranes were served; and inthe Northumberland Household-book, t
. Cassell's natural history . s so exact, so nice and curious in his Iepasts, th;d when his prime favouiite,William Iilz Osborne, who, as dapifcr or steward of liis houscliold, had the charge of thecurey, served liim with the flesh of a crane scarcely half roasted, the king was so , that he liflcd up liis fist, and would have struck him, had not Eudo, who TUK COMMON CRANK. 171 was appointed dapifer immediately after, warded ofttlio blow. At the cnthronisatioiiof George Newell, the arclibLshop above alluded to, 204 cranes were served; and inthe Northumberland Household-book, the price of the crane (cranys) is markedsixteeu-pence. At the marriage-feasts, also above mentioned, one of the items in thefirst is, 9 eranes, every crane tliroe shillings and fourpence; and in the second wefind, item for a standert, cranes 2 of a dish, for the second course ; and in the (>xpcnseswe find, Item in cranes, 9 . £0 30s. Od. The long drooi)ing feathers of cranesare valuable as plumes. -.^i^ id^^c.^^^-^--^i-. lllV. OR CllANE.* The elegant species, to which the name of Demoiselle was given by the FrenchAcademicians, is remarkable for its graceful symmetry of form, the tasteful disposition ofits plumage, and the agreeable contrast of its lighter and darker shades of colour. Itmeasures; when fully grown and in an upright position, about three feet six inches tothe top of the head, and its length, from the point of the bill to the tip of the tail, isabout three feet. Of these measurements, the neck and legs form a very considerable proportion. Thewhole of the upper surface of the head is occupied by a patch of light gray ; and thesides of it, together with the neck, including the long slender-pointed feathers whichdepend from its lower part over the breast, are of a uniform, but not very intense,shade of black. A tuft of pure white feathers passes off backwards from Ixhiiul eacheye. Except the outer halves of the quill-feathers of the wings and
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