. The birds of South Africa. Birds -- South Africa. UPUPID^C UPUPA n primaries and outer secondaries with white bases forming a white patch on the wing, the inner secondaries edged with pale brick, lesser, median and greater coverts with black bases and white tips ; upper tail-coverts white with black tips; tail-feathers black with a steel-blue gloss, with white bases just visible below the coverts, on the outer web of the outer feather the white is a little more extensive; below, throat, breast and axillaries brick-red like the upper surface; abdomen paler with a few darker streaks ; under ta
. The birds of South Africa. Birds -- South Africa. UPUPID^C UPUPA n primaries and outer secondaries with white bases forming a white patch on the wing, the inner secondaries edged with pale brick, lesser, median and greater coverts with black bases and white tips ; upper tail-coverts white with black tips; tail-feathers black with a steel-blue gloss, with white bases just visible below the coverts, on the outer web of the outer feather the white is a little more extensive; below, throat, breast and axillaries brick-red like the upper surface; abdomen paler with a few darker streaks ; under tail-coverts Fig. 9. — Upitpaafricana, x \, Iris and bill dark brown ; legs grey-brown. Length (in flesh) 10-5; wing 5-20; tail 3-75; tarsus -80 ; culmen 2*0. The female is like the male, bat duller in colour and smaller in size, the brick-red fading into a dirty brown. Wing 5-0 ; tail 3-5 ; culmen 1-75. Distribution.—The South African Hoopoe is widely spread over South Africa from the neighbourhood of Cape Town where, how- ever, it is not common, and from Durban to the Zambesi. The. 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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