. The birds of South Africa. Birds. GEUID2E BUGEEANUS 279 Natal B. p. 172 (1899) ; Marshall, Ibis, 1900, p. 263; Beichenoiv, Vog. Afr. i. p. 262 (1900) ; Dates, Cat. B. Eggs, ii, pp. 94, 370 (1902). Laomedontia carunculata, Butler, Feilden and Beid, Zool. 1882, p. 342. "Wattled," "Bell," or sometimes "Kaffir Crane" of Colonists; " Igwampi" of Amaxosa (Stanford). Description. Adult.—Crown of the head dark slate, sharply demarcated from the white of the cheeks ; throat and neck all round also white, extending down to the upper part of the breast, where the


. The birds of South Africa. Birds. GEUID2E BUGEEANUS 279 Natal B. p. 172 (1899) ; Marshall, Ibis, 1900, p. 263; Beichenoiv, Vog. Afr. i. p. 262 (1900) ; Dates, Cat. B. Eggs, ii, pp. 94, 370 (1902). Laomedontia carunculata, Butler, Feilden and Beid, Zool. 1882, p. 342. "Wattled," "Bell," or sometimes "Kaffir Crane" of Colonists; " Igwampi" of Amaxosa (Stanford). Description. Adult.—Crown of the head dark slate, sharply demarcated from the white of the cheeks ; throat and neck all round also white, extending down to the upper part of the breast, where the white feathers form long overhanging plumes; mantle slaty-black, becoming silvery-grey on the scapulars and wing-coverts; primaries and secondaries, tail-coverts and tail black; the inner secondaries elongated and produced to beyond the level of the tail; below black throughout. Sides of the face from in front of and below the eye. Fig. 90.—Head of Bugeranus carunculatus. x i naked ; this together with the base of the beak as far forward as the nostrils covered with little rounded warts ; below the eye on the throat two flat lappets bare along the anterior edge, clothed behind with white feathers. Iris orange-yellow, bill light reddish-brown, warty skin at its base dull red, legs and toes black. Length about 560 ; wing 26'5, to end of longest secondaries 34'0 ; tail 11-0 ; culmen 7'0 ; tarsus 12-0 ; middle toe 5. A younger bird in the South African Museum has the skin at the side of the face merely corrugated, while the chin-lappets are. 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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