. Sketches of South African bird-life. Birds. CUCKOOS 281 Length, barred with rufous ; below white barred with green 8 to 8J inches. It ranges throughout Africa, but is somewhat rare within our limits, occurring from Knysna eastwards. It is an. Fig. 144.—^Young Bronze Cuckoo in Sunbird's nest. inhabitant of thick bush or forest country. It is rare in Albany, but commoner in Pondoland and Natal. The Woodwards procured two females with shelled eggs in the oviducts, one pure white and the other speckled with purple. We found a young half-fledged bird in a nest of the Cape Sparrow at Koonap (Beauf
. Sketches of South African bird-life. Birds. CUCKOOS 281 Length, barred with rufous ; below white barred with green 8 to 8J inches. It ranges throughout Africa, but is somewhat rare within our limits, occurring from Knysna eastwards. It is an. Fig. 144.—^Young Bronze Cuckoo in Sunbird's nest. inhabitant of thick bush or forest country. It is rare in Albany, but commoner in Pondoland and Natal. The Woodwards procured two females with shelled eggs in the oviducts, one pure white and the other speckled with purple. We found a young half-fledged bird in a nest of the Cape Sparrow at Koonap (Beaufort West). The Bronze Cuckoo (Chrysococcyx Klaasi) male is metallic. 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 Haagner, Alwin Karl, 1880-; Ivy, Robert Henry. Cape Town, T. M. Miller
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