. The birds of South Africa. Birds -- South Africa. IRRISOEID^ IRRISOR 15 Layard, B. S. Afr. p. 72 (1867); id. Ibis, 1869, p. 364; Qurneij in Andersson's B. Daniaraland, p. 65 (1872) ; Sharpe, ed. Layard's B. S. Afr. pp. 137, 803 (1875-84); Ayres, Ibis, 1879, p, 294 [Rusten- burg]; Holub d PeU. Orn. Siid-Afrikas, p. 71 (1882); Shelley, Ibis, 1882, p. 245 [Umfuli river]; W. Ayres, Ibis, 1887, p. 51 [Rovi Eancl]. Irrisor viridis, Salvin, Cat. B. M. xvi, p. 17 (1892); Shelley, B. Afr. i, p. 112 (1896); Sowerby, Ibis, 1898, p. 570 [Fort Chiquaqua]; Woodward Bros. Natal Birds, p. 82 (1899) ; Alexan
. The birds of South Africa. Birds -- South Africa. IRRISOEID^ IRRISOR 15 Layard, B. S. Afr. p. 72 (1867); id. Ibis, 1869, p. 364; Qurneij in Andersson's B. Daniaraland, p. 65 (1872) ; Sharpe, ed. Layard's B. S. Afr. pp. 137, 803 (1875-84); Ayres, Ibis, 1879, p, 294 [Rusten- burg]; Holub d PeU. Orn. Siid-Afrikas, p. 71 (1882); Shelley, Ibis, 1882, p. 245 [Umfuli river]; W. Ayres, Ibis, 1887, p. 51 [Rovi Eancl]. Irrisor viridis, Salvin, Cat. B. M. xvi, p. 17 (1892); Shelley, B. Afr. i, p. 112 (1896); Sowerby, Ibis, 1898, p. 570 [Fort Chiquaqua]; Woodward Bros. Natal Birds, p. 82 (1899) ; Alexander, Ibis, 1900, p. 99 [Zambesi river]; Marshall, ibid. ip. 24:4 [Mashonaland]; Ivy, Ibis, 1901, p. 20. " Kakelaar " {, Chatterer) of Dutch ; " Hlebabafazi " of Natal Zulus (Woodward); " Inshlaza " of Matabele (Ayres). Description. Adult male.—Head, neck, upper back and scapulars glossy steel-green; lower back, rump and upper tail-coverts dark blue, with traces of gloss only on the upper tail-coverts; wings. Fig. 11.—Irrisor viridis, $. x |. steel-blue, a white spot on the inner webs of all the primaries, some of the greater coverts tipped with white, some of the median and lesser coverts tipped with coppery-red; tail-feathers very strongly graduated, the two centre feathers steel-blue throughout, the next pair with a white spot on the outer web only, the others with white spots on both webs (fig. 10, p. 13); below, the throat and neck steel-blue, the breast and underside of the quills steel- green, the abdomen, flanks and under tail-coverts blue-black without steely gloss. Bill red ; iris very dark brown ; legs and feet red. Length about 130; wing 5-30; tail 6-30 to 9-00; tarsus 1-05; culmen 2-25. The adult female resembles the male but has a shorter and straighter bill; culmen about 1-75. The young bird has a black bill and the head and back with a purple, coppery gloss, while the lower surface is black with hardly. Please note that these
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