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CRACRA HERON. 

 (Ardea Cracra.) 



Ar. rttfescente variegata, supra cinereo-C(Erulescens, suhtus cinerea, 



collo subtus pedoreque albis. 

 Variegated reddish Heron, above grey-blue j beneath cinereous ; 



with the neck beneath, and breast, white. 

 Ardea Cracra. Gynel. Syst. Nat. 1, 642.— Lath. Ind. Orn, 2. 



699. 77- 



Cancrofagus Americanus. Briss. Orn. 5. 477- 39. 



Cracra. Buff, Ois. J. 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 un der 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. 



