. Sketches of South African bird-life. Birds. BABBETS 53 The tail of this bird does not resemble those of the Wood- peckers, but is soft and pliable like those of the Passerine birds. Length, 7 Fig. 24.—South African Wryneck. The Wryneck nests in holes in trees, laying elongated white eggs. BARBETS The members of the family Capitonidce have stout and strong bills, thereby differing from the Woodpeckers, which have a longer, thinner type of beak. They hew holes in trees and lay white eggs like the Wood- peckers, but have not stiff and spiny-like tail-feathers. The Black-collared Barbet
. Sketches of South African bird-life. Birds. BABBETS 53 The tail of this bird does not resemble those of the Wood- peckers, but is soft and pliable like those of the Passerine birds. Length, 7 Fig. 24.—South African Wryneck. The Wryneck nests in holes in trees, laying elongated white eggs. BARBETS The members of the family Capitonidce have stout and strong bills, thereby differing from the Woodpeckers, which have a longer, thinner type of beak. They hew holes in trees and lay white eggs like the Wood- peckers, but have not stiff and spiny-like tail-feathers. The Black-collared Barbet {LyUus torquatus) is perhaps the largest member of the famUy. It is brown above with fine yellow speckles ; head and throat scarlet; back of head, a collar round the neck, and upper breast black. Below, yellow marked with greyish-black blotches and streaks. Length, 7| 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 Haagner, Alwin Karl, 1880-; Ivy, Robert Henry. Cape Town, T. M. Miller
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