. The birds of South Africa. Birds. 98 IBIDID^ GEEONTICUS Feilden, and licid, Zool. 1882, p 424 ; Sharpe, ed. Laijard's B. S. Afr. p. 738 (1884); id. Cat. B. M. xxvi, p. 17 (1898) ; Beichenow, Vog. Afr. i, p. 324 (1901). " Wilde Kalkoen " or " Wild Turkey ' of the Colonists ; " Umewangele " of the Amaxosa (Stanford). Description. Adult Male.—General colour throughout metallic dark green, with purplish reflections here and there ; the median coverts of the wing metallic coppery-red, forming a conspicuous wing patch; feathers of the lower part of the neck elongated and l
. The birds of South Africa. Birds. 98 IBIDID^ GEEONTICUS Feilden, and licid, Zool. 1882, p 424 ; Sharpe, ed. Laijard's B. S. Afr. p. 738 (1884); id. Cat. B. M. xxvi, p. 17 (1898) ; Beichenow, Vog. Afr. i, p. 324 (1901). " Wilde Kalkoen " or " Wild Turkey ' of the Colonists ; " Umewangele " of the Amaxosa (Stanford). Description. Adult Male.—General colour throughout metallic dark green, with purplish reflections here and there ; the median coverts of the wing metallic coppery-red, forming a conspicuous wing patch; feathers of the lower part of the neck elongated and lanceolate, forming a kind of ruff; below metalHc green, but not quite so metallic as on the back. Top of the head bright red, bill and legs red of a slightly darker and duller shade ; sides of the face below the eye and neck all round, pale blue; the bare part of the neck extending about a quarter of its total length on the nape, and about half its length in Fig. 27.—Head of Geronticus calvus. x | Length about 310; wing 160; tail 7-5; culmea 5-5; tarsus 2-75 ; middle toe and claw 2'6. The female resembles the male, but is slightly smaller, wing about 155 ; culmen 50. The young bird is very much less metallic, the green being mixed with dusky; there is no copper patch on the wings; the top of the head and the neck are thinly covered with greyish feathers, leaving only a small bare blue patch round the eye, and a little red on the fore part of the crown ; the bill and legs appear to be red, as in 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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