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CRACRA HERON. 
-=/ (Ardea Cracra.) 
Ar. rufescente mriegata, supra cinereo-ccerulescens, suhtus cinerea, 
collo suhtus pectoreque albis. 
Variegated reddish Heron, above grey-blue ; beneath cinereous j 
with the neck beneath, and breast, white. 
Ardea Cracra. Gmel. Syst. Nat. 1. 642. — Lath. ind. Orn. 2. 
699. 77 . 
Cancrofagus Americanus. Briss. Orn. 5. 477* 
Cracra. Bi^. Ois. 7. 403. 
Cracra Heron. Lath. Gen. Syn. 5. g6. 68. 
Length not mentioned : size that of a large 
Fowl: the beak black, beneath yellowish brown': 
the irides of a golden-yellow : the lores naked, 
and pale yellow : the crown of the head bluish 
ash : the nape and the hind part of the neck 
brown, varied with fillemot : the back and rump 
bluish cinereous, mixed with dull green and rufous: 
the lesser wing-coverts dull green, edged with 
rufous ; the greater coverts and quills black, with 
white edges : the under parts of the neck, as far 
as the breast, white, spotted with rufescent : the 
rest of the under parts cinereous : the tail greenish 
black : the legs yellow, claws black. Native of 
Chili, and other parts of South America: its cry 
is similar to the syllables cra-cra. It resides on 
the borders of rivers. 
