. The birds of South Africa. Birds. ABDEID^ 61 mottled with white in front; edge of the wing white; lower third of the neck slaty-grey with decomposed and elongated plumes ; the rest of the lower surface slaty grey, becoming a good deal paler on the under tail-coverts ; under wing-coverts and axillaries white. Iris yellow; bare skin round the eye at the base of the bill whitish-buff; bill slaty-brown, paler on the lower mandible; legs and feet black. Length (in flesh) 38 ; wing 15'5; tail 60; culmen 4-8; tarsus 5-25; middle toe 340. The female resembles the male, but the ornamental plumes are
. The birds of South Africa. Birds. ABDEID^ 61 mottled with white in front; edge of the wing white; lower third of the neck slaty-grey with decomposed and elongated plumes ; the rest of the lower surface slaty grey, becoming a good deal paler on the under tail-coverts ; under wing-coverts and axillaries white. Iris yellow; bare skin round the eye at the base of the bill whitish-buff; bill slaty-brown, paler on the lower mandible; legs and feet black. Length (in flesh) 38 ; wing 15'5; tail 60; culmen 4-8; tarsus 5-25; middle toe 340. The female resembles the male, but the ornamental plumes are less developed. The young bird is less strongly coloured; the crown and hind neck are slaty-grey; the throat and front of the neck, and the whole of the under parts are white, slightly tinged here and there with pale Fig. 18.—Head of Ardea inelanocephala. x Distribution.—The Black-headed Heron is found throughout the greater part of Africa from Bornu, near Lake Chad, whence it was first brought home by Denham and Clapperton, and from Abyssinia southwards; it also occurs in Madagascar, and is a straggler into North Africa and Southern Europe. In South Africa it is found wherever conditions are favourable, and is probably just as abundant as the Grey Heron, but, owing to its resemblance to it, it often escapes notice. The following are recorded localities: Cape Colony—Cape division (Layard and S. A. Mus.), Berg Eiver, breeding (Layard), Deelfontein (Seimund), Middelburg division (S. A. Mus.), Colesberg (Layard), and Port St. John's March, October (Shortridge); Natal—near Durban (Ayres), Ingagane River near Newcastle, June (Feilden); Orange Eiver. 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
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