7. LissoTis. S07 



mented with some tiny spots of lighter buff; lores and eyebrow 

 dark slaty grey continued in a black line which skirts the sides of 

 the head and unites on the nape and is separated from the crown 

 by a less distinct band of white somewhat tinged with ashy ; 

 feathers below the eye, cheeks, chin, and upper throat hoary grey 

 shading off into black on the lower throat and continued in a broad 

 line down the centre of the nock, this line bordered on each side 

 by a band of white which passes over the hinder cheek and joins 

 the ear-coverts, which are also white ; sides of neck and sides of 

 upper breast sandy buff vermiculated with black, and separated from 

 the upper parts by a lino of white, the feathers being particoloured, 

 white and black ; fore neck, chest, breast, and under surface of body 

 black, including the axillaries and under wing-coverts ; thighs 

 black with a white ring just before the bare portion of the tibia ; 

 long under tail-coverts sandy buff, towards the ends barred and 

 freckled with black ; quill-lining white : " bill pale yellowish, 

 with the culmen dark brown ; legs and feet yellowish brown ; iris 

 light brown, gradually darkening roimd the inner edge " {T. Ay res). 

 Total length about 22 inches, culmen 1-6, wing 13, tail 6"3, 

 tarsus 4'8. 



Adult female. Similar to the male on the upper surface, but more 

 profusely spotted with sagittate spots of black, relieved by a creamy 

 white line which borders the black spots and brings them into strong 

 relief; head blackish spotted with sandy buff; eyebrow, sides of 

 face, and ear-coverts also sandy buff, with no black on the face or 

 sides of the crown ; chin and upper throat white ; lower throat, 

 fore neck, and chest sandy buff minutely freckled or barred with 

 blackish; the feathers of the breast sandy buff with longitudinal 

 lines and spear-shaped markings of black ; remainder of under 

 surface white tinged with sandy buff, sides of body vnth large 

 blotches of black ; under wing-coverts black barred with white ; 

 axillaries black ; quill-lining black barred with white, some of the 

 bars broken up into mottlings of sandy buff ; taU-feathers sandy 

 buff mottled and barred with blackish ; under tail-coverts also 

 sandy buff' barred with dark brown. Total length 28 inches, 

 culmen l-7o, wing 13, tail G-15, tarsus 5'4. 



Hah. The greater part of Tropical Africa. 



a,l>. (J 2 ad. St. Abyssinia. Purchased. 



c. $ ad. sk. Abyssiuia. Dr. Kiippell [C.l. 



d. 2 "d. sk. liedjiif, Equatorial Africa, Eniin Pasha [P.J. 



June 2. 



e. cJ imm. sk. KiUmaniaro. H. C. V. Hunter, 



Esq. [P.]. 

 /, (/. (S ad et imm. ; Accra, Gold Coast, Feb., Shelley Coll. 



h, i, k. 2 ad. sk. May {J. Smith ; G. E. S.). 

 I. (S ad. sk. Ambriz, Au^'ola. Monteiro Coll. 



m. $ ad. sk. Congella Flats, Durban, Shelley Coll. 



Natal, Aug. {Gonhje). 



3. Lissotis hartlaubi. 

 Lissotis afra {nee Gm.), Heut/l. Si/st. Uebers. p. 53 (1856). 

 Otis hartlaubi, -H*M«7/. /. f.'O. 1863, p. 1; Finsch Sf Hartl. Vog. 



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