. The birds of South Africa. Birds. 250 BOBONID^ BUBO "Isikuluhulu" of Amaxosa (Stanford); "Isikora" of Natal Zulus (Woodward); both these names are also appHed to other species of owls. Description. Adult male.—General colour above, mottled and vermiculated dark brown, pale fulvous and white, darkest on the head; quills dark brown with pale fulvous cross-bands, becoming white on the inner webs; tail-feathers the same all but the two centre ones which are tipped with white ; feathers of the lores and chin and a patch on the throat white; ear-coverts greyish barred with blac
. The birds of South Africa. Birds. 250 BOBONID^ BUBO "Isikuluhulu" of Amaxosa (Stanford); "Isikora" of Natal Zulus (Woodward); both these names are also appHed to other species of owls. Description. Adult male.—General colour above, mottled and vermiculated dark brown, pale fulvous and white, darkest on the head; quills dark brown with pale fulvous cross-bands, becoming white on the inner webs; tail-feathers the same all but the two centre ones which are tipped with white ; feathers of the lores and chin and a patch on the throat white; ear-coverts greyish barred with black with a transverse line of black behind them forming the. Pig. 84.—Bubo maculostis. boundary of the facial disc ; rest of the lower surface including the thighs and legs more or less regularly transversely barred with dark brown and white ; toes, which are feathered to the claws, dirty white. A small corn at the base of the tarso-metatarsus. Iris bright yellow to orange ; bill, cere and claws black. Length about 20-3; wing 12-75; tail 7-5; tarsus 2-50; culmen without cere I'O ; ear tufts about 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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