WATTLED GllANE. 



535 



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. 49. p^. 78. 



The Wattled Crane is figured by Latham, and 

 thus described by that industrious ornithologist : 

 " Size of the Stork : lenojth 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. 



