. The birds of South Africa. Birds. IBIDID^. IBIS 95 p. 335; FlecTc, Journ. Ornith. 1894, p. 385 ; Shelley, B. Afr. i, p. 155 (1896) ; W. L. Sclater, Ibis, 1896, p. 521 ; Shartje, Cat. B. M. xxvi, p. 4 (1898); Woodivard Bros. Natal B. p. 190 (1899); Marshall, Ibis, 1900, p. 265 ; Beichenow, Vog. Afr. i, p. 321 (1901) ; Haagner, Ibis, 1902, p. 574. " Sohoorsteen veger " { Chimney Sweeper) of the Dutch. Description. Adult Male.—Plumage above and below pure white throughout; the tips of the primaries and outer secondaries steel green; the inner secondaries and scapulars elongated a
. The birds of South Africa. Birds. IBIDID^. IBIS 95 p. 335; FlecTc, Journ. Ornith. 1894, p. 385 ; Shelley, B. Afr. i, p. 155 (1896) ; W. L. Sclater, Ibis, 1896, p. 521 ; Shartje, Cat. B. M. xxvi, p. 4 (1898); Woodivard Bros. Natal B. p. 190 (1899); Marshall, Ibis, 1900, p. 265 ; Beichenow, Vog. Afr. i, p. 321 (1901) ; Haagner, Ibis, 1902, p. 574. " Sohoorsteen veger " { Chimney Sweeper) of the Dutch. Description. Adult Male.—Plumage above and below pure white throughout; the tips of the primaries and outer secondaries steel green; the inner secondaries and scapulars elongated and dependent, forming ornamental plumes, the distal halves of these feathers decomposed, very loose in texture and metallic purple in colour; head and neck all round to the base, without feathers and black in Pig. 26.—Head of Ibis cethiopica. x | Iris dark brown; a white or pinkish spot under the eye, bill very dark brown, naked space under the wings bright brick red, legs dark reddish, becoming darker towards the toes. Length about 35-0; wing 15-5 ; tail 5-5 ; culmen 6'5; tarsus 3-85 ; middle toe and claw 355. The female resembles the male but is slightly smaller, wing about 14-6 ; culmen 5'8. Young birds have the head and neck covered with short feathers, black, variegated with white on the back and sides of the head and neck, white on the throat and front of the neck, the bastard wing and primary coverts are tipped with black as are also the quills, while the decomposed secondaries are very much shorter ; iris dark brown, bill, legs and skin of throat black. The completely bare black head and neck are not acquired till the second or third year. A nestling is clothed with short white down all over the body, the head and neck being black ; the bill is straight, short, conical and pink in Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrati
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