. An Australian bird book : a pocket book for field use. Birds -- Australia Identification. 52 AN AUSTRALIAN BIRD ORDER XT—GRUIFORMES. F. 43. GRUIDAE fl), CRANES, 19 sp.—1(1)A., 8(2)0., 9(1)P., 7(5)E., 8(0) 2(0)N1. 1 111 Australian Orane, Native Companion, Brolga, Anti- 3 gone australasiana, A. Nom. r. plains 42 Deep silvery-gray; wing-quills black: naked red patch about face, throat; legs, feet black; f., smaller. In- sects, lizards, bulbous roots, seeds, F. 44. Aramidae, Courlans, Limpkin, 2 sp. — 1(0)Nc, 2(1)N1. As no Bustard occurs in the regions between Australia and India, thi
. An Australian bird book : a pocket book for field use. Birds -- Australia Identification. 52 AN AUSTRALIAN BIRD ORDER XT—GRUIFORMES. F. 43. GRUIDAE fl), CRANES, 19 sp.—1(1)A., 8(2)0., 9(1)P., 7(5)E., 8(0) 2(0)N1. 1 111 Australian Orane, Native Companion, Brolga, Anti- 3 gone australasiana, A. Nom. r. plains 42 Deep silvery-gray; wing-quills black: naked red patch about face, throat; legs, feet black; f., smaller. In- sects, lizards, bulbous roots, seeds, F. 44. Aramidae, Courlans, Limpkin, 2 sp. — 1(0)Nc, 2(1)N1. As no Bustard occurs in the regions between Australia and India, this bird supplies a good example of what is known to zoo- geographers as "discontinuous ; "Discontinuous distribution," as applied to land animals, , marsupials found in America and Australia, ratite birds in South America, South Africa, Australia, and New Zealand, or the tapir, found in Cen- tral America and Malaysia, implies a land connexion (not neces- sarily complete at any one period) to allow of the gradual spread of the animals. Of course, as flying birds can pass easily from one region to another, "discontinuous distribution," as applied to them, cannot have so much importance attached to it as indicat- ing previous land connexions. Australia, fortunately, has one representative of Order XI.— Cranes. This is the Native Companion, the only true Crane found In Australia. These are interesting birds, with their "quadrille. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Leach, John Albert, 1870-1929; Horn Scientific Expedition (1894). Melbourne : Whitcombe & Tombs
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