nankeen crane

Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris

or Nankeen Bird, or Nankeen Night Heron

the Australian bird Nycticorax caledonicus, Gmel. Both the Nankeen Bird andthe Nankeen Hawk are so called from their colour. Nankeen is «a Chinese fabric, usually buff, from the natural colour of acotton grown in the Nanking district» of China. (`Century.')

1838. James, `Six Months in South Australia, p. 202:

«After shooting one or two beautiful nankeen birds.»

1872. C. H. Eden, `My Wife and I in Queensland,' p. 121:

«The nankeen crane ( Nycticorax caledonicus), a veryhandsome bright nankeen-coloured bird with three long whitefeathers at the back of the neck, very good eating.»

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