CRANE-LIKE BIRDS
RAILS, GALLINULES, AND COOTS
True Rails
Carolina Rail
Corncrake
Pygmy Rails
Florida Gallinule
Moor-hen
Purple Gallinules
Notornis
Coots
CRANES &TRUMPETERS
The Cranes
Whooping Crane
Sandhill Crane
Little Brown Crane
European and Lilford's Cranes
The other species of Cranes
Asiatic White Crane
The Saras Crane of India
White naped Crane
Paradise Crane
Demoiselle Crane
Wattled Crane
The Courlans
Florida Courlan or Crying-bird
The Trumpeters
THE CARIAMAS
Crested Cariama
Burmeister's Cariama
THE BUSTARDS
Little Bustard
Pink-collared Bustard
Long-beaked Bustards
The Indian Bustard
Australian Bustard
Floricans
THE KAGU
THE SUN-BITTERNS
THE FINFEET
The American Finfoot
Peter's Finfoot
ANATOMY OF BIRDS
GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION
MIGRATIONS OF BIRDS
CLASSIFICATION OF BIRDS
LIZARD-TAILED BIRD
AMERICAN TOOTHED-BIRDS
THE OSTRICHES
THE RHEAS
EMEUS AND CASSOWARIES
THE TINAMOUS
THE KIWIS
THE PENGUINS
LOONS AND GREBES
ALBATROSSES & PETRELS
STORK-LIKE BIRDS
GOOSE-LIKE BIRDS
FALCON-LIKE BIRDS
FOWL-LIKE BIRDS
CRANE-LIKE BIRDS
PLOVER-LIKE BIRDS
CUCKOO-LIKE BIRDS
THE ROLLER-LIKE BIRDS
SPARROW-LIKE BIRDS
Birds and Birding's Guide to:
Watching THE CRANE-LIKE BIRDS
THE CRANES, COURLANS, AND TRUMPETERS
Little Brown Crane
Hardly to be distinguished from the last except in size is the Little Brown Crane (G. canadensis) of the extreme northern portions of the continent from Hudson's Bay to Alaska, whence it migrates through the western United States east of the Rocky Mountains to Mexico. It was formerly regarded as the young of the Sandhill Crane, but its length of about thirty-five inches together with a decidedly shorter tarsus are sufficient marks by which to distinguish it.
This species was found by Dall to be a common bird at St. Michael's, Alaska, as well as at the mouth of the Yukon, where the eggs were deposited in a slight depression on the sandy beach without any pretense of a nest. Its habits and appearance are similar to those of the Sandhill Crane, with which it has often been confused.
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