. The birds of South Africa. Birds. HELIOENITHID^ PODICA 275 Podica senegalensis, Beichenoiv, Vog. Afr. i, p. 298 (1900) [in part]. " Sun-Grebe'' or " Water Treader " of some authors. Description. Adult Male.—General colour above dark brown becoming quite black on the crown, back of the neck and tail- feathers ; mantle feathers and some of the lesser coverts with sub- terminal rounded white spots; sides of the face including the ear- coverts, chin and neck below, bluish grey ; rest of the lower surface white with a fulvous tinge, the fore-neck black, mottled with white, the side
. The birds of South Africa. Birds. HELIOENITHID^ PODICA 275 Podica senegalensis, Beichenoiv, Vog. Afr. i, p. 298 (1900) [in part]. " Sun-Grebe'' or " Water Treader " of some authors. Description. Adult Male.—General colour above dark brown becoming quite black on the crown, back of the neck and tail- feathers ; mantle feathers and some of the lesser coverts with sub- terminal rounded white spots; sides of the face including the ear- coverts, chin and neck below, bluish grey ; rest of the lower surface white with a fulvous tinge, the fore-neck black, mottled with white, the sides of the breast, flanks, thighs and under tail-coverts, mottled and barred with fulvous brown; under wing-coverts spotted with Fig. 89.—Head of Podica petersi, ? . Iris hazel; bill orange-red, darker along the culmen; legs orange-red. Length about 27-0; wing 9-60; tail 7-5; tarsus 20; middle toe and claw 3-12 ; culmen 2-10. The female is smaller, and has a white eyebrow and a distinct white line running down the neck on either side from behind the eye; the chin is white and separated from the lateral white stripe by a dark grey stripe, the lower part of the neck and fore-neck is mottled black and white. Iris pale yellow; wing 8-0; tarsus 1'87 ; culmen 1-80. There are six examples of this species in the South African Museum, all from the eastern portion of the Colony ; two of these are females, three are males, one is probably a male, judging by its wings. All these, with the exception of the last named, have the white line down the side of the neck and are in the state of. 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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