Stanley crane, noun phrase

Origin:
Named for E.G. Stanley (later Lord Stanley, Earl of Derby), British Secretary of State for War and the Colonies during the periods 1833–1834 and 1841–1845.
?obsolescent
The blue crane, Anthropoides paradisea.
1856 R.E.E. Wilmot Diary (1984) 133First of all come the indescribably graceful and beautiful kind called after Lord Derby ‘the Stanley crane’. The plumage is a pale lavender grey with white cheeks and long black wing coverts streaming behind until they mingle with the tail.
1867 E.L. Layard Birds of S. Afr. 303The ‘Stanley’ or ‘Blue’ Crane is not abundant in any locality.
1923 Haagner & Ivy Sketches of S. Afr. Bird-Life 210The Blue or Stanley Crane..is a much commoner and better-known species [than the Wattled Crane].
1931 Guide to Vertebrate Fauna of E. Cape Prov. (Albany Museum) I. 240Tetrapteryx paradisea..Blue Crane, Stanley C[rane]...Frequent grain-lands and open country generally...Confined to South Africa.
1963 S.H. Skaife Naturalist Remembers 165Not long ago it was officially announced that the blue Stanley crane had been chosen as our national bird.
1966 E. Palmer Plains of Camdeboo 187Our blue crane is also known as the Stanley crane. It belongs only to South Africa.
1970 O.P.M. Prozesky Field Guide to Birds of Sn Afr. 161Stanley or Blue Crane. Long, curving ornamental secondaries black.
The blue crane, Anthropoides paradisea.
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