294 OTIDID^. 



Cuvier, Jii'f/ne Anim. i. p. 499 (1829) ; Grai/, List Graila Bnt. 



Mus. p. 57 (1844); Forder, Descr. Anim. p. 51 (1844); Hulub 



8f Pelz. Beitr. Orn. Sudafr. p. 231 (1882 : Cape Colony) ; Shaiye, 



ed. Lm/ard's B. S. Afr. p. 642 (1884). 

 Eiipodotis afra, Gray, Gen. B. iii. p. 533 (1845) ; Layard, B. S. Afr. 



p. 286 (1867 : Cape Colony) ; Gray, Hand-l. B. iii. p. 8, no. 9930 



(1871); Gimiey in Anderss. B. Dam. Ld. p. 260 (1872: S. of 



Orange River only) ; Shelley, Ibis, 1875, p. 85 (Ceres, Cape 



Colony). 

 Lissotis afra, Reichenh. Handh., Gallin. tab. ccliv. figs. 2165-67 



(1848). 

 Afrotis afra, Bp. C. R. xliii. p. 416 (1856). 

 Compsotis afra, Heine <§• Reichen. Nomencl. Mus. Hein, p. 325 



(1890). 



Adult male. Similar to C. leucoptera, but darker and not so 

 regularly banded with black and sandy buff, the black predominating 

 and the sandy bars being circular or horsoshoe-shape, the black on 

 the wing-coverts more extended and forming distinct broad bands 

 on the outer median coverts, so th it the white is less extended than 

 in C. leucoptera ; the principal difference, however, is the under 

 wing-coverts and quill-lining being black : " bill horny ash at the 

 tip, yellowish at the base ; tarsi and feet yellow; iris dusky tawny 

 brown" (T. Aifres). Total length about 19 inches, culmen 1"4, 

 wing 10, tail 5"6, tarsus 3'8.5. 



Adult female. Differs from the male in not having the neck and 

 breast black, but is easily distinguished from the female of C. leu- 

 coptera by the black quill-lining. Total length about 19 inches, 

 culmen 1*4, wing 10-3, tail 4'0, tarsus 3"5, 



Hah. South Africa. 



a,b. S 2 ^^- st- South Africa. General Hardwicke [P.]. 



c, d. (S 2 ^d. St. Routli Africa. J. Gould, Esq. 



e. (S imni. st. South Africa. Sir A. Smith [C.]. 



f. c? ad. sk. South Africa. Capt. Alexander [P.]. 

 f/. S ad. sk. South Africa.. Mrs. Sterling [P.]. 



fi, i. d 2 ad. sk. South-east Africa. J. Rocke, Esq. [P.]. 



2. Compsotis leucoptera. 



Otis afroides (!), Smith, III. Zool. S. Afr., Birds, pi. 19 (1839) : Gra7/, 

 List GrallcB Brit. Mus. p. 57 (1844) ; Holub £,- Pelz. Beitr. Orn. 

 Sudafr. p. 229 (1882) ; Shmpe, ed. Layard' s B. S. Afr. p. 642 

 (1884). 



Eupodotls afroides. Gray, Gen. B. iii. p. 533 (1845) ; Layard, B. S. 

 Afr. Y>. 287 (1867: N. of Orange Kiver, rarely south); Gurnei/, 

 Ibis, 1868, p. 48 (Natal) ; Layard, Ibis, 1869, p. 375 (egg) ; Gray, 

 Hand-l. B. iii. p. 8, no. 9931 (1871) ; Gurney in Ander.ss. B. 

 Dam. Ld. p. 260 (1872 : Gt. Namaqua & Damara-ld., breeding) ; 

 Bucklet/, Ibis, 1874, p. 385 (Transvaal) ; Ayres, Ibis, 1877, p. 347 

 (Transvaal); id. Ibis, 1880, p. 265 (Transvaal; breeding). 



Lissotis leucoptera, Reichenb. Handb., Gall. tab. ccliv. figs. 2168-70 

 (1848). 



Afrotis afroides, B^h C. R. xliii. p. 416 (1856). 



