The New International Encyclopædia/Sand-hill Crane

SAND-HILL CRANE. A very large species of crane (Grus Mexicana) found in the Mississippi Valley and southeastward to Georgia and Florida. It is a shy bird, with acute sight and hearing. Its body is about four feet long. The name is extended to other cranes, and is also erroneously given in some places to the great blue heron. See Crane.