(3) <i>Pernettya tasmanica</i>, Hook., <i>N.O. Ericeae</i>
(peculiar to Tasmania).

<hw>Crane</hw>, <i>n</i>. common English bird-name. In
Australia used for (1) the Native-Companion (q.v.), <i>Grus
australianus</i>, Gould; (2) various Herons, especially in New
Zealand, where the varieties are--Blue Crane (<i>Matuku</i>),
<i>Ardea sacra</i>, Gmel.; White Crane (<i>Kotuku</i>), <i>Ardea
egretta</i>, Gmel. See <i>Kotuku</i> and <i>Nankeen Crane</i>.
The Cranes and the Herons are often popularly confused.

1848. J. Gould, `Birds of Australia,' vol. vi. pl. 53:

"<i>Ardea Novae-Hollandiae</i>, Lath., White-fronted Heron, Blue
Crane of the colonists. <i>Herodias Jugularis</i>, Blue Reef
Heron, Blue Crane, colonists of Port Essington."

1848. Ibid. pl. 58:

"<i>Herodias Immaculata</i>, Gould [later melanopus], Spotless
Egret, White Crane of the colonists."

1890. `Victorian Consolidated Statutes, Game Act,' 3rd
Schedule:

"[Close Season.] All Birds known as Cranes such as Herons,
Egrets, &c. From First day of August to Twentieth day of
December following in each year."

<hw>Craw-fish</hw>, <i>n</i>. a variant of <i>Crayfish</i>
(q.v.).

<hw>Crawler</hw>, <i>n</i>. that which crawls; used specially
in Australia of cattle.

1890. Rolf Boldrewood, `A Colonial Reformer,' p. 217:

"Well-bred station crawlers, as the stockmen term them from
their peaceable and orderly habits."

<hw>Cray-fish</hw>, <i>n</i>. The Australasian <i>Cray-fish</i>
belong to the family <i>Parastacidae</i>, the members of which
are confined to the southern hemisphere, whilst those of the
family <i>Potamobiidae</i> are found in the northern
hemisphere. The two families are distinguished from one
another by, amongst other points of structure, the absence of
appendages on the first abdominal segment in the
<i>Parastacidae</i>. The Australasian cray-fishes are
classified in the following genera--<i>Astacopsis</i>, found in
the fresh waters of Tasmania and the whole of Australia;
<i>Engaeus</i>, a land-burrowing form, found only in Tasmania
and Victoria; <i>Paranephrops</i>, found in the fresh waters of
New Zealand; and <i>Palinurus</i>, found on the coasts of
Australia and New Zealand. The species are as follows :--

(1) <i>The Yabber or Yabbie Crayfish</i>. Name given to the
commonest fresh-water Australian Cray-fish, <i>Astacopsis
bicarinatus</i>, Gray. This is found in waterholes, but not
usually in running streams, over th