. The birds of South Africa. Birds. FALCONID^ ELANUS 341 Iris cherry-red to bright orange ; bill black ; cere and gape dull yellow ; legs yellow ; claws black. Length (in flesh) 12-0; wing 10-10; tail 4-75; culmen 0-90; tarsus 1-20. The DQale resembles the female but is generally a little smaller, though the difference in size is not so marked as in most accipitrine birds. The young bird is ashy-brown above, the head and neck striped with white and the feathers of the back and wings tipped with the same colour; below, the white breast and flanks are marked with brown shaft stripes. Iris light
. The birds of South Africa. Birds. FALCONID^ ELANUS 341 Iris cherry-red to bright orange ; bill black ; cere and gape dull yellow ; legs yellow ; claws black. Length (in flesh) 12-0; wing 10-10; tail 4-75; culmen 0-90; tarsus 1-20. The DQale resembles the female but is generally a little smaller, though the difference in size is not so marked as in most accipitrine birds. The young bird is ashy-brown above, the head and neck striped with white and the feathers of the back and wings tipped with the same colour; below, the white breast and flanks are marked with brown shaft stripes. Iris light brown. Distribution.—This Kite is found everywhere throughout Africa, including Madagascar,' from Algeria and Tunis to Cape Colony. It extends into south-eastern Europe and south-west Asia, reaching India and Pig. 116.—Elanus cceruleus. x '^. Within our limits it is fairly common everywhere. The follow- ing are some of the prfncipal recorded localities : Cape Colony— Cape div. (Layard), Stellenbosch, Worcester (S. A. Mus), Knysna, Oudtshoorn (Victorin), Grahamstown (Stark), Bast London (Eickard and Wood), Port St. John's (S. A. Mus.), Orange river (Bradshaw), nr. Mafeking (Holub); Natal—Common throughout from Newcastle to Durban (Eeid); Orange Eiver Colony—Kroonstad(Symonds); Trans- vaal—Eustenburg (Barratt), Potchefstroom ( Mus.); Mashona- land (only observed by Ayres); German south-west Africa—Omaruru ' Milne Edwards, Comptes Bendus, xoi, p. 1036 (1880).. 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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