. The birds of South Africa. Birds. IBIDID^ HAGEDASHIA 101 by a whitish band; under tail-coverts and wing-coverts and axillaries dusky-purplish, slightly metallic. Iris dark brown (with a narrow outer ring nearly white, according to Ayres); bill black, the culmen crimson towards the base; legs dull red. Length about 30 ; wing 14-75; tail 6-5 ; culmen 5 25 ; tarsus 27 ; middle toe and claw 2-9. The sexes are alike ; the nestlings are covered with nearly black Fig. 28.—Head of Sagedashia hagedash. Distribution.—The Hadada is found throughout the whole of the Ethiopian Region from Senegal,
. The birds of South Africa. Birds. IBIDID^ HAGEDASHIA 101 by a whitish band; under tail-coverts and wing-coverts and axillaries dusky-purplish, slightly metallic. Iris dark brown (with a narrow outer ring nearly white, according to Ayres); bill black, the culmen crimson towards the base; legs dull red. Length about 30 ; wing 14-75; tail 6-5 ; culmen 5 25 ; tarsus 27 ; middle toe and claw 2-9. The sexes are alike ; the nestlings are covered with nearly black Fig. 28.—Head of Sagedashia hagedash. Distribution.—The Hadada is found throughout the whole of the Ethiopian Region from Senegal, Kordofan and Somaliland south- wards to Cape Colony. In South Africa this bird is apparently confined to the well-wooded and watered districts of the south and east coasts, and does not occur on the high plateau of the centre of the country, nor did Andersson come across it in German South- west Africa, although he met with it in the Lake Ngami region. The following are recorded localities : Cape Colony—Knysna district (Sparrman, Victorin and Layard), Port Elizabeth division (Sparrman and J. G. Brown), East London (Rickard and Wood), Port St Johns (Shortridge); Natal—Ifafa River (Woodward), Pine- town, Balgowan and Upper Mooi Eiver (Stark), Ingagane River and Colenso (Reid); Transvaal—Vaal River, near Potchefstroom, very rare (Ayres); Bechuanaland — Lake Ngami region (Andersson); Portuguese East Africa—Urema River, near Beira (S. A. Mus.), Zambesi River (Alexander). Habits.—During the winter the Hadada is gregarious, being found in flocks of varying number ; these resort in the evening to a special tree, usually one overhanging a river, to roost. It is then fairly easy to approach them and shoot them, as they seldom leave. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Stark, Arthur Cowell,
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