. The birds of South Africa. Birds. FALOONID^ HBLOTAESUS 315 [Natal] ; Laya/rd, B. 8. 18 (1867); Gv/rney, Ibis, 1868, p. 140; HeugUn, Om. Nordost Afr. p. 80, pi. 2 (1869); Gurney in Andersson's B. Damaraland, p. 10 (1872); Sharpe, Cat. B. M. i, p. 300 (1874); Buckley, Ibis, 1874, p. 360 [Matabeleland] ; Sharpe, ed. Layard's B. S. Afr. pp. 48, 798 (1875-84); Gurney, Ibis, 1878, p. 353 ; Shelley, Ibis, 1882, p. 238 [Tati river] ; Holub 変 PelzeVn, Orn. Siid-Afr. p. 27 (1882); Symonds, Ibis, 1887, p. 324 [Kroonstad]; Bryden, Gun and Camera, p. 65 (1893); Fleck, Journ. Ornith. 1894, p. 39


. The birds of South Africa. Birds. FALOONID^ HBLOTAESUS 315 [Natal] ; Laya/rd, B. 8. 18 (1867); Gv/rney, Ibis, 1868, p. 140; HeugUn, Om. Nordost Afr. p. 80, pi. 2 (1869); Gurney in Andersson's B. Damaraland, p. 10 (1872); Sharpe, Cat. B. M. i, p. 300 (1874); Buckley, Ibis, 1874, p. 360 [Matabeleland] ; Sharpe, ed. Layard's B. S. Afr. pp. 48, 798 (1875-84); Gurney, Ibis, 1878, p. 353 ; Shelley, Ibis, 1882, p. 238 [Tati river] ; Holub §â PelzeVn, Orn. Siid-Afr. p. 27 (1882); Symonds, Ibis, 1887, p. 324 [Kroonstad]; Bryden, Gun and Camera, p. 65 (1893); Fleck, Journ. Ornith. 1894, p. 393; Millais, Breath from the Veldt, pp. 117, 317, sketches (1895); Shelley, B. Afr. i, p. 148 (1896); Sowerby, Ibis, 1898, p. 574 [Mashonaland] ; Woodward Bros. Natal B. p. 148 (1899); Marshall, Ibis, 1900, p. 258 [Mashonaland] ; Alexander, ibid. p. 436 [Zambesi valley] ; Wood- wa/rd Bros. ibid. p. 519 [Zululand] ; Beichenow, Vdg. Afr. i, p. 598 (1901). " Berghaan" of the Colonists, a name often applied to other large birds of Fig. 104.âHelotarsus eeaudatus. x |. Description. Adult female.âHead, which is strongly crested, cheeks, sides of the neck and the whole of the underparts rich glossy black ; centre of the back, inner scapulars, upper and under tail-coverts, and tail rich maroon-chestnut; shoulders and wing- coverts except the greater series silvery-brown; greater wing-coverts, primary and secondary wing-quills and scapulars blue-black; the secondaries are sometimes silvery and tipped with black perhaps in not quite adult birds, perhaps in the female as suggested by Gurney, under wing-coverts and axillaries 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 Afr


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