ANTHROPOIDES.
Head entirely feathered ; secondaries very long, reaching beyond primaries.
Anthropoides virgo (L.). DEMOISELLE CRANE. Ger. Jungfernkranich ; Ital. Damigella di Numidia.
? Blue slate ; crown light grey ; lores, hind neck, pectoral plumes and quills black ; secondaries long, pointed, pendant, concealing tail, tipped black ; tuft of white feathers spring from behind eye resembling crest. Bill olive, orange at tip. Legs
and feet black. Iris red. Wing 445-525. Tarsus 173-22o. Bill 63-72. 8 being the larger (H.).
(high plateaux) (and possibly Morocco and S. Spain), Dobrudscha, S. Russia from Kiev east to Orenburg ; also widely in Asia. Migratory ; found in winter in N.E. Africa and S. Asia ; rare visitor to N. and \V. Europe, recorded Hungary, Germany, Sweden, Heligoland, and Britain.