. The birds of South Africa. Birds. EALLID^ PULICA 271 Dresser, B. Eur. vii, p. 328, pi. 504, fig. 1 (1879); Oates, Mata- beleland, p. 324 (1881); Holub Sj- Pelz., Orn. Sud-Afr. p. 295 (1882); Butler, Feilden ^ Beid, Zool. 1882, p. 426; Sharpe ed. Layard's B. S. Afr. p. 621 (1884); Bryden, Own S Camera, p. 349 (1898); Sharpe, Cat. B. M. xxiii, p. 215 (1894); FlecTc, Journ. Ornith. 1894, p. 383; Shelley, B. Afr. i, p. 175 (1896); Woodward Bros., Natal B. p. 171 (1899); Beichenow, Vog. Afr. i, p. 296 (1900); Oates, Cat. B. Eggs, i, p. 130 (1901); Haagner, Ibis, 1902, pp. 574, 580; White- head, I
. The birds of South Africa. Birds. EALLID^ PULICA 271 Dresser, B. Eur. vii, p. 328, pi. 504, fig. 1 (1879); Oates, Mata- beleland, p. 324 (1881); Holub Sj- Pelz., Orn. Sud-Afr. p. 295 (1882); Butler, Feilden ^ Beid, Zool. 1882, p. 426; Sharpe ed. Layard's B. S. Afr. p. 621 (1884); Bryden, Own S Camera, p. 349 (1898); Sharpe, Cat. B. M. xxiii, p. 215 (1894); FlecTc, Journ. Ornith. 1894, p. 383; Shelley, B. Afr. i, p. 175 (1896); Woodward Bros., Natal B. p. 171 (1899); Beichenow, Vog. Afr. i, p. 296 (1900); Oates, Cat. B. Eggs, i, p. 130 (1901); Haagner, Ibis, 1902, pp. 574, 580; White- head, Ibis, 1903, p. 235 ; Sharpe, Ibis, 1904, p. 8 [Deelfontein]. Description. Adult Male.—General colour throughout ashy, becoming black on the head, neck and under tail-coverts, and greyish-ashy on the abdomen. Iris red; bill and frontal shield light blue; the two rounded fleshy knobs at its posterior edge reddish-brown to crimson; legs very dark Fig. 87.—Head of Fiilica cristata. x \i Length about 16-0, in flesh 16'75; wing 8-0; tail 2'0; tarsus 2-45; middle toe 3-80 ; culmen 2'4. The female resembles the male in plumage and does not appear to differ in dimensions. A young bird is ashy-brown above, with white edges to some of the feathers of the head and neck ; the lores, cheeks and throat are white; bill dusky, ashy-whitish at tip; iris light ashy-brown; the fleshy knobs on the frontal shield are not nearly so large. A very curious pied variety, obtained in the neighbourhood of Cape Town, by Mr. H. H. Hill and preserved in the South African Museum, has the sides of the head and neck, chin and throat, a. 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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