302 OTIDID^. 



extending down the sides of the neck for a short distance ; hind 

 neck rufous, this colour extending on to the mantle, which is very 

 finely vermiculated with black ; lores, sides of face, and ear-coverts 

 white ; cheeks white, coarsely freckled with black vermiculations ; 

 throat white, the lower part with black vermiculations, which extend 

 down to the chest ; fore neck and chest light blue-grey, bordered on 

 the sides by the rufous on the hind neck, which extends on to the 

 sides of the chest, where it is also varied by black markings, which 

 form an indistinct crescent ; remainder of the under surface of body 

 pure white, including the under wing- coverts : "upper mandible 

 dusky, under one yellowish ; tarsi and feet dingy yellowish white ; 

 iris light hazel" {T. Ayres). Total length about 30 inches, culmen 

 2"7, wing 18, tail 9, tarsus 5-8. 



Adult female. Similar to the male, but with an ashy band down 

 the centre of the crown, which is finely vermiculated with blackish ; 

 the lower throat more coarsely vermiculated with blackish. Total 

 length about 30 inches, culmen 3, wing 21, tail 10, tarsus 5. 



Hah. Southern Africa, on the west to Benguela,' and extending 

 to Central East Africa. 



a. (S ad. sk. South Africa. Old Collection. 



4. Neotis denhami. 



Otis denhami, Children in Denham 8^ Clappert. Trav. ii. App. p. 199 

 (1826) ; Gray in Griff. Atmn. Kim/d. iii. p. 303, pi. to p. 455 (1829) ; 

 Less. Com.pl. Buff. i. p. 489 (1836) ; Heugl. J.f. 0. 1864, p. 272 

 (Djur); id. J. f.' O. 1867, p. 302 (Sennaar); id. Orn. N.O.-Afr. ii. 

 pt. 1, p. 939 (1873). 



Otis caffra, pt., liilpp. Mus. Se7icke7ib. ii. p. 220 (1837) ; Heugl. Syst. 

 Uebers. p. 53, note (1856). 



Eupodotis denhami, Temm. PI. Col. v. livr. 97 (1835) ; Gray, List 

 Gr<dl(B Brit. Mus. p. 58 (1844) ; id. ^ Mitchell, Gen. B. iii, 

 p. 533, pi. cxli. (1845) ; lieicJietib. Handb., Gall. tab. cclviii. 

 figs. 2182-83 (1848) ; Strickl. P. Z. S. 1850, p. 220 ; id. Ann. l$- 

 Mag. Nat. Hist. (2) ix. p. 348 (1852 : Kordofan) ; Bp. C. R. xhii. 

 p. 416 (1856) ; Hartl. Orn. W.-Afr. p. 207 (1857) ; Gray, Hand-l. 

 B. iii. p. 7, no. 9917 (1871) ; &7. P. Z. 8. 1872, p. 603 (Accra); 

 Forbes, P. Z. S. 1880, p. 477. 



Choriotis arabs {nee L.), Antin. Cat. descr. Ucc. p. 95 (1864: Kor- 

 dofan) ; cf. Salvad. Atti R. Accad. Torino, v. p. 746 (1870). 



Adult male (type of species). General colour above dark sandy 

 brown, somewhat coarsely freckled with sandy buff and slightly 

 varied with patches where the daik brown bases of the feathers 

 show through ; scapulars, lower back, rump, and upper tail-coverts 

 like the rest of the back, the longer upper tail-coverts with indi- 

 cations of white bars near the base, in this respect resembling the 

 tail-feathers ; lesser wing-coverts darker brown, with very little 

 indication of sandy frecklings ; median coverts black, with white 

 bases and fringed with white at the tips, some of the latter with a 

 large spot of Avhite on the inner web ; greater coverts black, with 

 an increased amount of white on both webs and having bars or spots 

 of white, and sometimes nearly the whole of the ends of the feathers 



