1 . STPa'Tnio. 573 



Acclim. (2) vii. p. SO-j (breeding- in Zool. Gard. at Florence) (1870) ; 

 Riviere, t. c. p. oCH (in coiiliuement) ( 1870) ; Finsch u. Hartl. Voq. 

 Ost'Afr. ].p. 597-007 (part.) (1870) ; G. li. Or. Hatid-lid, iii. p. "l, 

 n. 9841 (part.) (1871); Gttrrod, P. Z.S. 1872, pp. .'356-308 ( an 



tomy), 1878, p. 470 (both carotid;'), p. 044 (anibiens); Ehces, 

 P. Z.S. 1873, p. 048 (I'alesti.ie) ; Schleg. Mits. P.-B., 8trutliiones, 

 p. (i)art.) (1S73); Heityl. Orn. N.O.-Afr. ii. 2, p. 925 (1873); 



J.f. O. 1882, p. 130; Select. Lkt Vert. An. 8th ed. p. 551 (1883) ; 

 Bolmi,J.f. O. 1884, p. 202 ; Tridr. Faun. ^- Flor. of Palest, p. 139 

 (1884) ; Sutto/i, P. Z. S. 1885, p. 587 (sella turcica) ; Sioidev. Ibis, 

 1880, p. 425 (nail ou the middle linger); Ilartert, J.f. O 1880 

 p. 013 (Niger) ; Schal. J.f. O. 1888, p. 118; Heine u. Reichnw. 

 Norn. Mus.Hein. Orn. p. 305 (1890); Evans, Ibis, 1891, pp. 84,85 

 (incubation); Petidall, Ibis, 1892, p. 230 (Gambia) ; Sclat. P. Z. S. 



pp. 2 < 7-280 (pterylo 



the embrvo) (July 1895). 

 Autrucbe, D'Aubent. PL Enl. 4-57 (2); Buff. Hist. Nat Ois i 



p. 398, pi. 29 (1770). 

 Black Ostrich, Brown, Illustr. pp. 37, 38 (part.), pi. IQ(S) (1776) • 



Lath. Sfin. iii. 1, p. 0, n. 1, pi. 71 (1785). 

 Straass, Hartm. J.f O. 1803, p. 318, 1804, p. 154 (Kordofan): id. 



Meise in N.O.-Afr. p. 500. 



Adult male. Head, neck, and legs naked, the skin of a bright 

 flesh-colour ; on the crown a naked area pale brown ; the head 

 with stiff hoary whitish feathers ; eyelashes dusky ; down of the 

 neck soft and silver-grey ; the feathers at the base of the hind neck 

 white ; feathers of the body with the barbs disconnected, deep black, 

 those of the back with a certain reddish lustre; quills and tail- 

 feathers white : bill horn-yellow with the tip brown, the lower 

 mandible reddish ; iris brown ; tarsus covered with flesh-coloured 

 shields, surrounded with pale horn-yellow. Total length about 

 6 feet, height about S feet, bill from gape 5 inches, tarsus 

 16 inches. 



Female. Smaller than the male, and the feathers of the body of a 

 dirty grey, more or less yellowish ; head, neck, and legs grey", with 

 a yellowish tinge ; downy feathers on the neck yellow-grey ; quills 

 dirty white ; tail-feathers brown, edged with white or grev, some 

 entirely white. Shields on the tarsi horn-colour, darker "on the 

 toes {Nolfe). 



Vonnr/. " Downy feathers of head and neck dirty fulvous whitish ; 

 on forehead and crown more reddish ; a band from the nape to the 

 interscapular region brown ; on the crown and sides of the neck 

 some dusky stripes; feathers of the body brown, with the tips 

 broadly fulvous " (I7eur/Iin). 



Nesth'nc/. Covered with stiff and hairy down ; crown bright 

 rusty reddish, with black marks: neck " dirty whitish fulvous; 

 cheeks, ear-region, and chin purer white ; on the hind neck three 



