. The birds of South Africa. Birds -- South Africa. FALCONIDiS; HALIAETUS 311 1874, p. 360 [Limpopo]; Sharpe, ed. Laijard's, B. S. Afr. pp. 46, 798 (1875-84); Ayres, Ibis, 1877, p. 340 [Potchefstroom]; Gitrney, Ibis, 1878, p. 453; Shelley, Ibis, 1882, p. 238 [Mashonaland] ; Eolub 変 Pelzeln, Orn. Slid-Afr. p. 26 (1882) [Upper Zambesi] ; W. Ayres, Ibis, 1887, p. 48 [Zoutspansberg] ; Bryden, Gun and Camera, p. 66 (1893) [Botletli river] ; Fled, Journ. Ornitli. 1894, p. 393; Millais, Breath from the Veldt, pp. 142, 173 (1895) [Bubye river] ; Shelley, B. Afr. i, p. 148 (1896); Woodward Bros. Ibis
. The birds of South Africa. Birds -- South Africa. FALCONIDiS; HALIAETUS 311 1874, p. 360 [Limpopo]; Sharpe, ed. Laijard's, B. S. Afr. pp. 46, 798 (1875-84); Ayres, Ibis, 1877, p. 340 [Potchefstroom]; Gitrney, Ibis, 1878, p. 453; Shelley, Ibis, 1882, p. 238 [Mashonaland] ; Eolub §â Pelzeln, Orn. Slid-Afr. p. 26 (1882) [Upper Zambesi] ; W. Ayres, Ibis, 1887, p. 48 [Zoutspansberg] ; Bryden, Gun and Camera, p. 66 (1893) [Botletli river] ; Fled, Journ. Ornitli. 1894, p. 393; Millais, Breath from the Veldt, pp. 142, 173 (1895) [Bubye river] ; Shelley, B. Afr. i, p. 148 (1896); Woodward Bros. Ibis, 1898, p. 223 [Zulu- land] ; id. Natal, B. p. 148 (1899) ; Marshall, Ibis, 1900, p. 259 [Mashonaland]; Alexander, Ibis, 1900, p. 435 [Zambesi] ; Eeichenow, Vog. Afr. i, p. 605 (1901). â Groote Visch-vanger" of Dutch; " Oudekeloek'' at Knysna (Marais) ; " Inkwazi " of Zulus (Woodward).. Fig. 102.âHaliaetus vocifer. Description. Adult male.âHead, neck, upper part of the back, breast, and tail pure white; rest of the upper surface including the wings black, except the least coverts which are deep rufous, as is also the abdomen, under tail- and under wing-coverts; wing-quills bluish- black below. Iris yellow ; bill black, yellow at base ; cere yellow ; legs yellow. Length 28-0 ; wing 20-5 ; tail 7-75; culmen 2-60 ; tarsus 3-50. The female is larger, wing 22-0 ; tail 825 ; tarsus 4-20. The young bird, which Mr. John Wood tells me does not acquire its mature plumage till the third summer, is brown above with white edgings and frecklings to many of the feathers, especially on the hind neck and upper tail-coverts; tail white with brown. 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. London, R. H. Porter
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