. The birds of South Africa. Birds. BUCEBOTID^ BYCANISTBS 107 1864, p. 326 [Zambesi] ; Layard, B. 8. Afr. p. 226 (1867); Sharpe, ed. Layard's B. 8. Afr. p. 125 (1875); W. Ayres, Ibis, 1887, p. 51 [Zoutspansberg] ; Shelley, Ibis, 1888, p. 53. Bycanistes buccinator, Elliot, Monogr. Bueerot. pi. 27 (1880); Grant, Cat. B. M. xvii, p. 421 (1892) ; Shelley, B. Afr. i, p. 113 (1896); Woodward Bros. Natal B. p. 101 (1899) ; id. Ibis, 1900, p. 520 [St. Lucia Lake] ; Alexander, Ibis, 1900, p. 100 [Shupanga]. " Ikanati " of Natal Zulus. Description. Adult male.—General colour above, black gloss
. The birds of South Africa. Birds. BUCEBOTID^ BYCANISTBS 107 1864, p. 326 [Zambesi] ; Layard, B. 8. Afr. p. 226 (1867); Sharpe, ed. Layard's B. 8. Afr. p. 125 (1875); W. Ayres, Ibis, 1887, p. 51 [Zoutspansberg] ; Shelley, Ibis, 1888, p. 53. Bycanistes buccinator, Elliot, Monogr. Bueerot. pi. 27 (1880); Grant, Cat. B. M. xvii, p. 421 (1892) ; Shelley, B. Afr. i, p. 113 (1896); Woodward Bros. Natal B. p. 101 (1899) ; id. Ibis, 1900, p. 520 [St. Lucia Lake] ; Alexander, Ibis, 1900, p. 100 [Shupanga]. " Ikanati " of Natal Zulus. Description. Adult male.—General colour above, black glossed with dark green ; a considerable crest, some of the feathers of which. Fig. 35.—Bycanistes hvccinafor. x are sometimes streaked with grey ; edge of the wing, broad tips to the inner primaries, outer secondaries, slight tips to the inner secondaries, rump and upper tail-coverts, tips of all the tail-feathers except the central pair, white; ear-coverts silvery, rest of the head, throat, upper breast and sides of the body like the back; lower breast and rest of the under surface white. Iris dark red; bill with a very large casque separated from the upper mandible anteriorly, knife-shaped in front reaching to the tip of the mandible, black; naked skin round the eye pinkish-flesh ; feet 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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