. A System of natural history : containing scientifci [sic] and popular descriptions of man, quadrupeds, birds, fishes, reptiles and insects . yards of her nest. She now flies withgreat clamor and apparent anxiety; winding and screaming round the inva-ders, striking at them with her wings, and sometimes fluttering as if shewas wounded. To complete the deception, she becomes still more clamo- AVES—CRANE. 625 rous as she retires from the nest. If very near, she appears altogetherunconcerned ; and her cries cease in proportion as her fears are approached by dogs, she flies heavily,
. A System of natural history : containing scientifci [sic] and popular descriptions of man, quadrupeds, birds, fishes, reptiles and insects . yards of her nest. She now flies withgreat clamor and apparent anxiety; winding and screaming round the inva-ders, striking at them with her wings, and sometimes fluttering as if shewas wounded. To complete the deception, she becomes still more clamo- AVES—CRANE. 625 rous as she retires from the nest. If very near, she appears altogetherunconcerned ; and her cries cease in proportion as her fears are approached by dogs, she flies heavily, at a little distance before them,as if maimed; still vociferous, and still bold, but never ofiering to movetowards the quarter where her young ones are stationed. The dogs pursue,in expectation every moment of seizing the parent, and by this means actu-ally lose the offspring ; for the cunning bird, having thus drawn them off toa proper distance, exerts her powers, and leaves her astonished pursuers togaze at the rapidity of her flight. The lapwing may be domesticated, andit then becomes uncommonly familiar and confiding. THE CRANEi. Is a tall, slender bird, with a long neck and long legs. The top of the headis covered with black bristles, and the back of it is bald and red, which suf-ficiently distinguishes this bird from the stork, to which it is very nearlyallied in size and figure. The plumage, in general, is ash colored; and thereare two large tufts of feathers that spring from the pinion of each Aving. > Grus cinerea, Bechst. The genus Grus has the bill as long as, or longer than thehead, strong, straight, compressed, o})tuse towards the tip; lateral base of tlie mandibledeeply sulcated; ridge eleyated; nostrils in the middle of the liill closed behind by amembrane; region of the eyes and liase of the bill naked and papillous, or covered withfeathers; leK long, with a large naked space above the knees; the middle fore toe unitedto the outer by a rudimentary membrane
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