. The birds of South Africa. Birds. PALCONIDJi; MILVUS 337 cheeks, chin, and throat grey with dark brown shaft lines, rest of the under surface sepia-brown becoming rufous-brown on the abdomen, thighs, and under tail-coverts, with dark shaft streaks throughout; tail feathers ashy below. Iris dark brown ; bill, cere and gape bright yellow ; legs yellow ; claws black. Length 21-5 ; wing 16 ; tail 9-25 ; culmen ]-4; tarsus 2. The female resembles the male and is of about the same dimensions. The young bird has the feathers of the back more or less tipped with ochre ; the crown rufous, shading int
. The birds of South Africa. Birds. PALCONIDJi; MILVUS 337 cheeks, chin, and throat grey with dark brown shaft lines, rest of the under surface sepia-brown becoming rufous-brown on the abdomen, thighs, and under tail-coverts, with dark shaft streaks throughout; tail feathers ashy below. Iris dark brown ; bill, cere and gape bright yellow ; legs yellow ; claws black. Length 21-5 ; wing 16 ; tail 9-25 ; culmen ]-4; tarsus 2. The female resembles the male and is of about the same dimensions. The young bird has the feathers of the back more or less tipped with ochre ; the crown rufous, shading into buff; the under surface brown broadly striped with ochre down the centre of the feathers, shading into whitish on the abdomen ; bill Fig. 114.—Milvus cegyptius. x Distribution.—The Yellow-billed Kite is only found in South Africa during the summer months from October to March, and this seems to be the case throughout Africa. It is widely spread all over our area and though somewhat scarce in Cape Colony is common enough everywhere north of the Orange river. Beyond our limits it is spread all over Africa, Arabia, Palestine, and Asia Minor, extending in south-eastern Europe as far as Dalmatia and Greece. The following are the chief recorded localities and dates: Cape Colony—Ceres and Caledon (Layard), Eobertson, February (S. A. Mus.), Orange river, summer (Bradshaw), - Kimberley (Holub), Port St. John's, November (S. A. Mus.) ; Natal—Common through- 22 VOL. Ill,. 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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