re: SRO aN: 
black briftles: general colour of the plumage dull pale blue: quills 
and tail black: legs and bare part of the thighs black, dotted with 
white. 
Inhabits New South Wales. 
Ardea canadenfis, Ind. Orn. il. p. 675. 7- 
Grus Freti Hudfonis, Ger. Orn. iv. t. 416. 
Great Savannah Crane, Bart. Trav. p. 199. 218. 291. 
Brown Crane, Ger. Syn. Ve Pp. 43. 7+ 
"T HIS isa thy fpecies. Mr. Bartram relates the mode of hatch- 
ing their eggs, of which the female lays only two at a time, which 
are very large, long, and pointed at one end, of a pale afh colour, 
powdered or fpeckled with brown: they form their nefts by choofing 
a tuffock, and there collect together a rude heap of dry grafs, or fuch 
like materials, nearly as high as their belly is from the ground, when 
ftanding upon their feet: on the top of this they form the neft, of 
fine foft dry grafs. When they cover their eggs to hatch them, they 
ftand over them, bearing their bodies and wings upon the eg@s; in 
this imitating the Flamingo, and perhaps many other long-leeged 
water birds. The male is frequently feen to traverfe backwards and 
forwards, as if upon the watch; but we are not informed whether he 
fits on the neft in turn or not; fome perfons will eat the flefh, but it 
is more efteemed when made into foup, and is then thought to be ex- 
cellent. 
‘Ardea caledonica, Izd, Orn. ii. $79. 15. 
Caledonian Night Heron, Gez. Syx. v. p. 55. 
HIS bird, with very little variation, is found in New Holland: the 
bill and legs are brown: general colour of the plumage a chef- 
nut brown, paler on the fore part of the neck: belly white: on the 
@ig: 2) breaft, 
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BROWN 
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CALEDONIAN 
N.H : 
DEscRIPTION, 
