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nankeen crane
or Nankeen Bird, or Nankeen Night Heron n. the Australian bird Nycticorax caledonicus, Gmel. Both ...
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common English bird-name. InAustralia used for (1) the Native-Companion (q.v.), Grusaustralianus, Gould; (2) various Herons, especially in NewZealand, where the varieties are – – Blue Crane ( Matuku), Ardea sacra, Gmel.; White Crane ( Kotuku), Ardeaegretta, Gmel. See Kotuku and Nankeen Crane.The Cranes and the Herons are often popularly confused.
1848. J. Gould, `Birds of Australia,' vol. vi. pl. 53:
« Ardea Novae-Hollandiae, Lath., White-fronted Heron, BlueCrane of the colonists. Herodias Jugularis, Blue ReefHeron, Blue Crane, colonists of Port Essington.»
1848. Ibid. pl. 58:
« Herodias Immaculata, Gould [later melanopus], SpotlessEgret, White Crane of the colonists.»
1890. `Victorian Consolidated Statutes, Game Act,' 3rdSchedule:
«[Close Season.] All Birds known as Cranes such as Herons, Egrets, &c. From First day of August to Twentieth day of December following in each year.»
or Nankeen Bird, or Nankeen Night Heron n. the Australian bird Nycticorax caledonicus, Gmel. Both ...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris