. The birds of South Africa. Birds. 218 PHASIANID^ PTERNISTBS Shelley, Ills, 1882, p. 360 ; ScJiaecJc, Mem. Soc. Zool. Fr. iv, p. 327 (1891). Pternistes swainsoni, Gurneij, in Andersson's B. Damaral. p. 244 (1872); Sharpe, ed. Layard's B. S. Afr. p. 687 (1884) ; Ayres, Ibis, 1886, p. 292 ; Nicolls and Eglington, Sportsm. S. Afr. p. 102 (1892) Bryden, Gun and Camera, p. 471 (1893) ; Grant, Ibis, 1892, p. 54 id. Cat. B. M. xxii, p. 179 (1893) ; Fled; Journ. Ornith. 1894, p. 391 Grant, Game Birds, i, p. 139 (1896) ; Shelley, B. Afr. i, p. 179 (1896); Marshall, Ibis, 1900, pp. 262, 270 ; Alexander
. The birds of South Africa. Birds. 218 PHASIANID^ PTERNISTBS Shelley, Ills, 1882, p. 360 ; ScJiaecJc, Mem. Soc. Zool. Fr. iv, p. 327 (1891). Pternistes swainsoni, Gurneij, in Andersson's B. Damaral. p. 244 (1872); Sharpe, ed. Layard's B. S. Afr. p. 687 (1884) ; Ayres, Ibis, 1886, p. 292 ; Nicolls and Eglington, Sportsm. S. Afr. p. 102 (1892) Bryden, Gun and Camera, p. 471 (1893) ; Grant, Ibis, 1892, p. 54 id. Cat. B. M. xxii, p. 179 (1893) ; Fled; Journ. Ornith. 1894, p. 391 Grant, Game Birds, i, p. 139 (1896) ; Shelley, B. Afr. i, p. 179 (1896); Marshall, Ibis, 1900, pp. 262, 270 ; Alexander, Ibis, 1900, p. 445 ; Beichenoiu, Vog. Afr. i, p. 456 (1901). Description. Adult Male.—General colour above umber-brown, most of the feathers centred and mottled with darker ; primaries plain brown ; feathers round the eye brown edged with grey ; ear-. PiG. 66.—Head of Pternistes swainsoni. x \\ coverts grey ; round the neck a somewhat ill-defined collar of mottled black and white feathers ; below greyish-brown, with dark brown shaft-marks; the feathers on the abdomen and flanks mostly margined with rich chestnut. Iris brown, bare skin round the eye and on the throat vermilion, the lower mandible also red, rather paler towards the tip, upper mandible brown, except the nasal operculum, which is red; legs and feet black, with a reddish tinge ; tarsus with a strong and sharp spur, and usually a second rudimentary one higher 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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