. The birds of South Africa. Birds. 214 MUSOPHAGID^ TUEACUS Turacus albocristatus, StricM. Ann. Nat. Hist, vii, p. 33 (1841). Corythaix albocristatus, Grill, K. Vet. Ahad. Eandl. Stockholm, ii, no. 10, p. 45 [Knysna]; Verreaux, P. Z. S. 1871, p. 40. Musophagaalbioristata, SoM. and Wester'm,Toerako'a, p. 18, pi. xi (1866), Turaous persa, {nee Linn.), Layard, B. 8. Afr. p. 223 (1867); id. Ibis, 1869, p. 372; Holuh Sr Peh. Orn. Siid-Afr. p. 138 (1882). Turacus corythaix, Shelley, Cat. B. M. xix, p. 440 (1891); id. B. Afr. i, p. 119 (1896); Bendall, Ibis, 1896, p. 168 [Barberton]; Woodtvard Bros.
. The birds of South Africa. Birds. 214 MUSOPHAGID^ TUEACUS Turacus albocristatus, StricM. Ann. Nat. Hist, vii, p. 33 (1841). Corythaix albocristatus, Grill, K. Vet. Ahad. Eandl. Stockholm, ii, no. 10, p. 45 [Knysna]; Verreaux, P. Z. S. 1871, p. 40. Musophagaalbioristata, SoM. and Wester'm,Toerako'a, p. 18, pi. xi (1866), Turaous persa, {nee Linn.), Layard, B. 8. Afr. p. 223 (1867); id. Ibis, 1869, p. 372; Holuh Sr Peh. Orn. Siid-Afr. p. 138 (1882). Turacus corythaix, Shelley, Cat. B. M. xix, p. 440 (1891); id. B. Afr. i, p. 119 (1896); Bendall, Ibis, 1896, p. 168 [Barberton]; Woodtvard Bros. Natal B. p. 121 (1899); id. Ibis, 1900, p. 519 [St. Lucia Bay]. "Lourie" of Colonists ; "Igolomi" of Amaxosa (Stanford); "Igwala- wala" of the Zulus (Woodward),. Fie. 71.—Turacus corythaix. x -jj. Description. Adult male.—Head, neck all round, throat and chest grass-green; the tips of the long feathers of the crown which form an evenly rounded crest, white; in front and below the eye a black spot separates a short white eyebrow from another white stripe which runs from below the eye to the ear-coverts; back greenish-blue becoming steely-blue or green on the wings and tail; wing-quills including the outer secondaries bright crimson edged and tipped with dusky-black; abdomen and under tail-coverts slaty. Iris brown, bare skin round the eye red ; bill orange-red; legs 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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