. The birds of South Africa. Birds. ANSBBES PLBCTEOPTEEUS 116 genus from Abyssinia, Shoa, West, Central and South-east Africa respectively, but the distinctive characters are chiefly those which vary with sex and age, and are therefore of uncertain validity. Two of the so-called species are found within our limits. Key of the Species. A. Throat and under tail-coverts mostly white P. gambensis, p. 115. B. Throat and under tail-coverts mostly black P. niger, p. Pig. 32.—Bend of the wing of Plectropterus gambensis showing the carpal spur. X ^2, 611. Plectropterus gambensis. Spur-winged Goos
. The birds of South Africa. Birds. ANSBBES PLBCTEOPTEEUS 116 genus from Abyssinia, Shoa, West, Central and South-east Africa respectively, but the distinctive characters are chiefly those which vary with sex and age, and are therefore of uncertain validity. Two of the so-called species are found within our limits. Key of the Species. A. Throat and under tail-coverts mostly white P. gambensis, p. 115. B. Throat and under tail-coverts mostly black P. niger, p. Pig. 32.—Bend of the wing of Plectropterus gambensis showing the carpal spur. X ^2, 611. Plectropterus gambensis. Spur-winged Goose. Anas gambensis, Linn. Syst. Nat. 12th ed, i. p. 195 (1766). Anser leucogaster et melanogaster, Livingstone, Miss. Travels, p. 253 (1857). Plectropterus gambensis, P. L. Sclater, P. Z. 8. 1859, p. 131, pi. 153, 1860, p. 38 (fig. skull and trachea), 1880, p. 498 ; Kirk, Ibis, 1864, p. 335; Laijard, B. S. Afr. p. 346 (1867); Gurney, in Andersson's B. Damaral. p. 334 (1872); Buckley, Ibis, 1874, p. 390 ; Ayres, Ibis, 1880, p. 272 ; Holub IfPeUeU, Orn. Sud-Afr. p. 310 (fig. of skeleton) (1882); Butler, Feilden and Beid, Zool. 1882, p. 426; Sharpe, ed. Layard's B. S. Afr. p. 746 (1884) ; P. L. Sclater, Ibis, 1886, p. 300, fig. 3 (spur); Nicolls andEglington, Sportsm. S. A. p. 121, pi. xii, fig. 63 (1892) ; Bryden, Oun and Camera, p. 405 (1893); Fleck, Journ. Ornith. 1894, p. 380; Salvadori, Cat. B. M. xxvii, p. 48 (1895) ; Shelley, B. Afr. i, p. 170 (1896); Woodward Bros. Natal B. p. 208 (1899); Marshall, Ibis, 1900, p. 268; Alexander, Ibis, 1900, p. 443 ; Beichenow, Vog. Afr. i, p. 134 (1900); Whitehead, Ibis, 1903, p. 237; Shortridge, Ibis, 1904, p. 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. Fau
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