. The birds of South Africa. Birds. Fig. 59.—Cuculus gularis. x -jSj. Description. Adult male.—General colour above, slaty-grey, wing- quills slightly darker with white bars on the inner webs; outer tail- feathers with about six complete white bars on the inner web, the bars diminish towards the central pair of feathers which are spotted with white along the shaft; throat, sides of the face, neck and upper breast pale grey, rest of the under surface and under wing- coverts white with narrow black transverse bars. Iris yellowish-brown ; bill, including the portion surrounding the. Pig. 60.—Oute
. The birds of South Africa. Birds. Fig. 59.—Cuculus gularis. x -jSj. Description. Adult male.—General colour above, slaty-grey, wing- quills slightly darker with white bars on the inner webs; outer tail- feathers with about six complete white bars on the inner web, the bars diminish towards the central pair of feathers which are spotted with white along the shaft; throat, sides of the face, neck and upper breast pale grey, rest of the under surface and under wing- coverts white with narrow black transverse bars. Iris yellowish-brown ; bill, including the portion surrounding the. Pig. 60.—Outer tail feather of Cuculus gularis (from Sharpe, , 1873). nostrils, yellow, the terminal half of the upper and third of the lower mandible brown ; legs and feet yellow. Length about 12-75 ; wing 8-4:; tail 6-3 ; culmen 0-85 ; tarsus 0-8. The female apparently in some cases differs from the male in having the lower throat and breast suffused with 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, d. 1899; Sclater, William Lutley, 1863-1944; Sclater, William Lutley, 1863-1944. Fauna of South Africa. London, R. H. Porter
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