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Seebohm, " the Crane has a loud and not unmusical voice, which can be heard at an immense distance. The keel of the sternum is hollow, and the wind-pipe is convoluted between the plates on either side ; and from this long pipe, as from a trombone, proceed loud, clear, trumpet-like notes, so rapidly trilled as almost to split the ear with their vibrations. These notes can be variously modulated to express the different feelings of the bird. The Crane feeds more on vegetable than on animal food. ...It eats all sorts of corn, seeds, buck-wheat, peas, the tender shoots of aquatic plants, and even grass ; but it often devours worms, insects of various kinds, and even lizards and small frogs, but it is not known to eat fish. " Nest. To again quote Colonel Irby, the " nests vary much in size, some being quite five feet across, others perhaps not more than eighteen inches ; some are deep, and stand high n i ii4 ALLEN'S NATURALIST'S LIBRARY. up ; others are almost level with the water, in which they are always built.
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