. The birds of South Africa. Birds. OTIDJB OTIS 293 wing-quills above and below black ; above, including the scapulars and a few of the lesser wing-coverts barred and vermiculated with black and sandy-buff; rump, upper tail-coverts and tail with black and white and less sandy-buff; primaries, primary coverts, and almost all the secondaries black, the innermost of the latter with white on the outer web ; carpal joint, edge of the wing and most of the median and inner coverts white, forming in the folded wing a conspicuous white band along its whole length. Iris dusky tawny brown ; bill dark hor
. The birds of South Africa. Birds. OTIDJB OTIS 293 wing-quills above and below black ; above, including the scapulars and a few of the lesser wing-coverts barred and vermiculated with black and sandy-buff; rump, upper tail-coverts and tail with black and white and less sandy-buff; primaries, primary coverts, and almost all the secondaries black, the innermost of the latter with white on the outer web ; carpal joint, edge of the wing and most of the median and inner coverts white, forming in the folded wing a conspicuous white band along its whole length. Iris dusky tawny brown ; bill dark horn, yellowish at the base of the lower mandibles ; tarsi and feet yellow. Length about 21'0; wing 11-25 ; tail 5-5; culmen 1-20 ; tarsus Fig. 95.—Head of Otis afra, <r x -i,} The female has the head, neck and chest mottled and streaked and barred with black and sandy-rufous, the lower breast is quite white, without or with traces of black barring, the rest of the lower surface is black, as in the male. The markings on the back are much more mottled, and with less regular barring as compared with the male. Wing about 10'75 ; tarsus 3-60. A chick just hatched is a pretty little creature covered with down, mottled with rich rufous-yellow and white. Distribution.—The Black Knorhaan is confined to Cape Colony south of the Orange Eiver, north of which its place is taken by the. 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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