. The birds of South Africa. Birds. EALLID^ COTUENICOPS 257 well and carries its tail erect. Andersson states that it breeds in Damaraland, but gives no particulars. An egg taken by Atmore from the oviduct of a female is stated by Layard to be pure white and to measure 1-1 x "85. Genus V. COTURNICOPS. Type. Coturnicops, Bp. Consp. Syst. Ornith. p. 46 (1856) C. noveboraoensis. Bill short and stout, culmen less than the inner toe ; no frontal shield; wings short and rounded, difference between the primaries and secondaries less than the length of the culmen oi; hind toe; outer secondaries w
. The birds of South Africa. Birds. EALLID^ COTUENICOPS 257 well and carries its tail erect. Andersson states that it breeds in Damaraland, but gives no particulars. An egg taken by Atmore from the oviduct of a female is stated by Layard to be pure white and to measure 1-1 x "85. Genus V. COTURNICOPS. Type. Coturnicops, Bp. Consp. Syst. Ornith. p. 46 (1856) C. noveboraoensis. Bill short and stout, culmen less than the inner toe ; no frontal shield; wings short and rounded, difference between the primaries and secondaries less than the length of the culmen oi; hind toe; outer secondaries white; tail-feathers normal, not decomposed; tarsus shorter than the middle toe and claw; toes not webbed. This genus contains only four species; they are found respec- tively in North America, Brazil, North China and Japan, and South- eastern Africa. - 678. Coturnicops ayresi. Whiie-ioinged Crake. Coturnicops ayresi, Gurney, Ibis, 1877, p. 352, pi. vii; Sharpe, ed. Layard's B. S. Afr. p. 616 (1884); Shelley, B. Afr. i, p. 177 (1896) ; BeicJienow, Vog. Afr. i, p. 286 (1900). Ortygops ayresi, Sharpe, Cat. B. M. xxiii, p. 129 (1894). Description. Adult female.—Groyin and neck all round rufous, streaked with black, especially toward the centre of the crown; back black with a few white spots and brown and white edgings to the feathers ; primary coverts and quills pale brown unspotted; outer secondaries white, inner ones like the back; tail-coverts and tail. Pig. 81.—Head of Coturnicops ayresi. x \^ rich rufous barred with black, sides of the face and cheeks dusky, with darker bars; below chin white, breast rufous brown, paler on the sides; flanks black, spotted with white; under wing-coverts 17 VOL. 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, 18
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