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Title: Indian sporting birds
Year: 1915 (1910s)
Authors: Finn, Frank, 1868-1932 Hume, Allan Octavian, 1829-1912 Marshall, Charles Henry Tilson, 1841-
Subjects: Birds -- India Game and game-birds -- India
Publisher: London : Francis Edwards
Contributing Library: American Museum of Natural History Library
Digitizing Sponsor: Biodiversity Heritage Library

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ten only one young bird is reared, a result to which thenumerous birds of prey probably contribute, in spite of thewatchfulness of the parents, both of which carefully attend theyoung ones ; these are active, not helpless nestlings. The eggs are very large, long, and hard-shelled ; they vary,but may be nearly four and a half inches in length. They arespotted with pale yellowish-brown and purple on a white, palesea-green, or cream-coloured ground. The food of this crane is sought either on land or inshallow water, but it is less of a marsh feeder than our otherspecies, and spends more time out of water than in it as a rule,except when nesting. Small animals, such as lizards, frogs andinsects, form a large proportion of the food, though much is alsovegetable ; and in captivity the bird readily eats raw meat aswell as grain. The only native name that needs be noted in addition to theordinary one—Sarus—is the Kliorsang of the Assamese, inwhose country the bird finds its eastern limit.
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< CDIDU- o o z: <. CDCL BURMESE SARUS 121 Burmese Sarus. Grus sharpii. Gyo-gya, Burmese. Although nowadays classed as a distinct species, the sarus ofBurma differs very little from the Indian bird, being merelydarker grey, with no white anywhere ; it has a dingier aspectaltogether, and is inclined to be smaller, while the hairs aboutthe throat are very scanty. This is the large crane, not only of Burma, but of the MalayPeninsula, Siam, and Cochin-China, and the older accounts, suchas those of Hume, of the sarus occurring in these countries,must be taken as referring to this species; but the commonsarus is the crane of Assam, judging from a skin in the IndianMuseum in my time, which I was able to compare with anotherof the present form from Upper Burma, also in the collection. Mynheer F. Blaauw, in his valuable monograph on thecranes, gives an interesting account of the breeding of this bird.He says : The Eastern sarus crane has been found breeding inthe months of August and Sept

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