. The birds of South Africa. Birds. EALLID^ GALLINULA 263 becoming slaty on the lower surface; edge of the wing joint, outer edge of the bastard wing and of the first primary white; flanks strongly streaked with white and usually some white about the centre of the abdomen; feathers on the centre of the abdomen and central tail-coverts black ; lateral ones white. Iris reddish, frontal shield and the basal two-thirds of the bill lake-red, distal third greenish-yellow; legs olive-green with a garter just above the tarsal joint of dark lake-red. Length 13-0; wing 6-20; tail 2-5; tarsus 1-95; culme
. The birds of South Africa. Birds. EALLID^ GALLINULA 263 becoming slaty on the lower surface; edge of the wing joint, outer edge of the bastard wing and of the first primary white; flanks strongly streaked with white and usually some white about the centre of the abdomen; feathers on the centre of the abdomen and central tail-coverts black ; lateral ones white. Iris reddish, frontal shield and the basal two-thirds of the bill lake-red, distal third greenish-yellow; legs olive-green with a garter just above the tarsal joint of dark lake-red. Length 13-0; wing 6-20; tail 2-5; tarsus 1-95; culmen with frontal shield Fig. 84. —Head of OalUnula chloropus. x -^i The female is like the male, but the white streaks on the flanks are not generally so conspicuous and the frontal shield is not so well developed. A young bird is much browner than the adult, and there is a good deal of white about the chin and abdomen. Iris light brown; bill brown with very small frontal shield; legs greenish-yellow with a yellow garter. The nestling is clothed with black down. Distribution.—The Moorhen is a widespread bird, ranging over the greater part of Europe, Asia and Africa, from England to Japan and Celebes in the one direction, and to Cape Colony and Madagascar in the other. In South Africa it is a resident throughout the greater part of the country wherever suitable conditions exist. The following are localities: Cape Colony — Cape division, February to December (S. A. Mus.), Swellendam and Bredasdorp, November (Layard), Oudtshoorn (Victorin), Knysna, June (Marais in S. A. Mus.), Grahamstown (Atmore), Port Elizabeth, common (Brown), Orange Eiver (Barratt); Natal—Umzinto River and along. 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; S
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