. The birds of South Africa. Birds -- South Africa. FALCONID^ GYPAETUS 321 round the eye extending forward to the nostrils, together with the bristles covering the nostrils and the bunch of chin bristles, black, but the ear-coverts and cheeks pale tawny; the feathers round the neck are somewhat lanceolate and form a ruff; rest of the upper surface including the tail, ashy black, darkest on the edges of the feathers and white along the shafts ; below, including the thighs, tawny-rufous, darkest on the upper breast, under tail-coverts tawny tipped with pale brown, feathering of the legs extendin
. The birds of South Africa. Birds -- South Africa. FALCONID^ GYPAETUS 321 round the eye extending forward to the nostrils, together with the bristles covering the nostrils and the bunch of chin bristles, black, but the ear-coverts and cheeks pale tawny; the feathers round the neck are somewhat lanceolate and form a ruff; rest of the upper surface including the tail, ashy black, darkest on the edges of the feathers and white along the shafts ; below, including the thighs, tawny-rufous, darkest on the upper breast, under tail-coverts tawny tipped with pale brown, feathering of the legs extending about three- fourths of the length of the tarsus, not reaching the bases of the toes. Iris yellow surrounded by red; bill pale black, cere and base bluish; feet Fig. 107. — Gypartiis oxaifrarius. Length about 44 ; wing 31 ; tail 19-5 ; culmen 3-8; tarsus 4-20. A young bird has the head and neck all round, including the ruff, blackish ; the bristles on the face and chin hardly developed; the rest of the upper surface brown, darkest on the wing- and tail-quills, the shafts of which are conspicuously white; below, except the throat, which is black, pale brown throughout. Iris hazel brown. Distribution.—The Southern Lammergeyer replaces the European bird in Africa (except in the Atlas mountains where the European bird is said to be found); it has been obtained in Egypt, Nubia, Abyssinia and South Africa, but does not appear to have been hitherto noticed in East Africa. This bird is seldom seen far away from the mountains, and it is along the southern ranges from Wellington eastwards and in the Drakensberg that it has chiefly been observed. 21 VOL. 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. London, R. H. Porter
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