. The birds of South Africa. Birds. PICID^ lYNX 143 1882, p. 208 ; Hargitt, Cat. B. M. xviii, p. 565 (1890) ; Shelley, B. Afr. i, p. 130 (1896) ; Woodward Bros, and Sharpe, Ibis, 1897, pp. 411, 502 [Zululand] ; Woodward Bros. Natal B. p. 106 (1899). Description. Adult.—General colour above, speckled-brown, an irregular black streak from the middle of the crown to the shoulders; wing-coverfcs and inner secondaries with a number of black paler edged spots; wing-quills dusky-black with pale brick spots and bars on both webs; tail-feathers (the shafts of which are not. Pig. 47. —lynx ruficollis. x
. The birds of South Africa. Birds. PICID^ lYNX 143 1882, p. 208 ; Hargitt, Cat. B. M. xviii, p. 565 (1890) ; Shelley, B. Afr. i, p. 130 (1896) ; Woodward Bros, and Sharpe, Ibis, 1897, pp. 411, 502 [Zululand] ; Woodward Bros. Natal B. p. 106 (1899). Description. Adult.—General colour above, speckled-brown, an irregular black streak from the middle of the crown to the shoulders; wing-coverfcs and inner secondaries with a number of black paler edged spots; wing-quills dusky-black with pale brick spots and bars on both webs; tail-feathers (the shafts of which are not. Pig. 47. —lynx ruficollis. x J-. stiffened and pointed as in other woodpeckers) irregularly barred with black; ear-coverts and cheeks barred black and white; chin, throat and upper breast rich chestnut-brown, rest of the under surface dull white, the breast streaked, the abdomen barred with black; under tail-coverts slightly rufescent also with black markings; under wing-coverts pale rufous. Iris reddish-brown ; bill, legs and feet dull light green. Length about 7-0; wing 3-40; tail 2-70; culmen 0-60; tarsus 0-65. The sexes are alike in marking and size. Distribution.—Most of the evidence hitherto advanced seems to point to the fact that this is a migratory bird spending the winter from May to October in South Africa, and the other part of the year in central Africa, though Mr. Millar is rather of opinion that it is found near Durban all the year round. Within our limits it has been noticed in the eastern half of the Cape Colony, Natal, and the western Transvaal only, beyond at Nairobbe (Jan.) and Lake Naivascha in British east Africa, at Lado on the Upper Nile, and at Landana on the Congo. The following are South African localities: Cape Colony— Grahamstown (Layard), Stockenstroom, April to Jan. (Atmore), Butterworth in theTranskei (S. A. Mus.); Natal—Ifafa (Woodward),. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - c
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