WATTLED CRANE. 
533 
Crane with the head, neck, and caruncles, white j the crown, 
back, and wing- coverts, blue-grey 3 the abdomen black. . 
Ardea carunculata. Gmel. Syst. Nat. 1 . 643. — Lath. Ind. Orn. 
2. 691.53. 
Wattled Heron. Lath. Gen. Syn. 5. 82. AQ. pLlS. 
The Wattled Crane is figured by Latham, and 
thus described by that industrious ornithologist ; 
“ Size of the Stork : length five feet six inches : 
beak red, and carunculated for one third next the 
base ; the rest of its length dusky black : round 
the eye bare, and red : irides pale red : top of the 
head blue-grey ; the rest of the head and neck 
white: under the chin are two appendages like 
wattles, covered with white feathers, as the rest of 
the neck : the back and wings are blue-grey : on 
the back hang some long narrow feathers, as in 
many Herons : the quills are black, and about 
even at the tail : breast, belly, and under parts, 
black : legs dusky blue-grey. Inhabits Africa, but 
is not a common bird.” It is capable of being 
tamed. 
