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
White naped Crane
Allied to the last, but separated on minor differences in the feathering of the head, is the great White-naped Crane (Pseudogeranus leucaucken) of eastern Asia. This is the so-called Sacred Crane of the Japanese, being the one so generally represented in its various picturesque attitudes in their numerous works of art.
It was formerly protected and existed in great numbers, though it was allowed to be”hawked,”and this with great ceremony, only by nobles of the highest rank; but since the power of the Daimios has waned the restrictions have been removed and it may now become the prey of any one, with the result it has been nearly exterminated in this, its winter home.
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