. The birds of South Africa. Birds. 92 AEDBID^ BOTAUBUS Feilden and Eeid, Zool. 188'2, p. 344; Sharpu, ed. Layard's B. S. Afr. p. 722 (1884); Symonds, Ibis, 1887, p. 334; Fleck, Journ. Oniith 1894, p, 888; Shelley, B. Afr. i, p. 158 (1896) ; Woodward Bros. Natal B. p. 198 (1899). Botaurus oapensis, Ayres, Ibis, 1869, p. 300; Sharjie, Cat. B. M. xxvi, p. 257 (1898). Botaurus stellaris capensis, Reichenow, Vog. Afr. i, p. 364 (1901); " Eoerdomp " of the Dutch. Description. Adult male.âGeneral colour tawnj'-buff, passing to nearly white, everywhere mottled and freckled with dark brown t
. The birds of South Africa. Birds. 92 AEDBID^ BOTAUBUS Feilden and Eeid, Zool. 188'2, p. 344; Sharpu, ed. Layard's B. S. Afr. p. 722 (1884); Symonds, Ibis, 1887, p. 334; Fleck, Journ. Oniith 1894, p, 888; Shelley, B. Afr. i, p. 158 (1896) ; Woodward Bros. Natal B. p. 198 (1899). Botaurus oapensis, Ayres, Ibis, 1869, p. 300; Sharjie, Cat. B. M. xxvi, p. 257 (1898). Botaurus stellaris capensis, Reichenow, Vog. Afr. i, p. 364 (1901); " Eoerdomp " of the Dutch. Description. Adult male.âGeneral colour tawnj'-buff, passing to nearly white, everywhere mottled and freckled with dark brown to black; crown and nape, where the feathers are elongated to form a crest, and a moustachial streak from the gape below the eye and ear-coverts black ; wing-quills black, mottled with rufous-brown, but not regularly barred as in the European bird; below the chin is white, the rest of the lower surface pale tawny-buff; the feathers. Fig. 25.âHead of Botaunts capensis. x J of the neck which are elongated and spread out on either side to form a species of ruff, narrowly Lauded with transverse markings of dark brown on either side, with ill-defined lines of tawny along the centres; a few of the longer feathers of the breast with broad and almost black centres, those of the abdomen with a few narrow streaks ; iosides of the thighs and under tail-coverts hardly marked, outsides of the thighs and flanks with the axillaries and wing-coverts more strongly mottled. Iris yellow to hazel; bare space round the eye ashy fulvous; bill light greenish-ash ; legs pale green. Length about 28'0; wiug â 12-25 ; tail 4-25 ; culmen 2-45 ; tarsus 3'4 ; middle toe 4-25. The female is very similar to the male but is slightly smaller. This species differs from the European Bittern only in its slightly smaller size and less barred Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these
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