. The birds of South Africa. Birds. 338 PAEEIDJ3 ACTOPHILUS 713. Actophilus africanus. African Jacana. Parra africana, Gmel. Syst. Nat. i, p. 709 (1788); Swains. Zool. Illustr., 2nd ser., pi. 6 (1829); Gurney, Ibis, 1859, p. 249, 1862, p. 38 [Natal] ; KirJc, Ibis, 1864, p. 334; Layard, B. S. Afr. p. 335 (1867); Gurney, in Andersson's B. Bamaral. p. 328 (1872); Shelley, Ibis, 1875, p. 86; Forbes, P. Z. S. 1881, p. 639; Holub ^ Pelzeln, Om. Sud-Afr. p. 296 (1882); Shelley, Ibis, 1882, p. 367 [Koomoorooi. Fig. 108.—Left foot of ActopMlus africanus. x I. Pan] ; Sharpe, ed. Bayard's B. S. Afr. p. 6
. The birds of South Africa. Birds. 338 PAEEIDJ3 ACTOPHILUS 713. Actophilus africanus. African Jacana. Parra africana, Gmel. Syst. Nat. i, p. 709 (1788); Swains. Zool. Illustr., 2nd ser., pi. 6 (1829); Gurney, Ibis, 1859, p. 249, 1862, p. 38 [Natal] ; KirJc, Ibis, 1864, p. 334; Layard, B. S. Afr. p. 335 (1867); Gurney, in Andersson's B. Bamaral. p. 328 (1872); Shelley, Ibis, 1875, p. 86; Forbes, P. Z. S. 1881, p. 639; Holub ^ Pelzeln, Om. Sud-Afr. p. 296 (1882); Shelley, Ibis, 1882, p. 367 [Koomoorooi. Fig. 108.—Left foot of ActopMlus africanus. x I. Pan] ; Sharpe, ed. Bayard's B. S. Afr. p. 648 (1884); W. Ayres, Ibis, 1887, p. 62; Bryden, Gun and Camera, p. 350(1893); Flech, Journ. Ornith. 1894, p. 384; Kendall, Ibis, 1896, p. 176; Sharpe, Ibis, 1897, p. 516 [Zululand]. Phyllopezus africanus, Sharpe, Cat. B. M. xxiv, p. 76 (1896) ; Shelley, B. Afr. i, p. 187 (1896); W. L. Sclatcr, Ibis, 1899, p. 114 [Inham- bane] ; Woodward Bros. Natal B. p. 183 (1899); Alexander, Ibis, 1900, p. 451; Gates, Cat. B. Eggs, ii, pp. 72, 360 (1902). Actophilus africanus, Beichenow, Vog. Afr. i, p. 267 (1900). Description. Adult Male.—Forehead and crown of the head naked; a short but distinct white eyebrow from the base of the beak to above the eye, below which is a band of shiny black, commencing. 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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