inhabiting the South of Africa. i? 
east coast, and also the interior towards the eastern frontier 
of the colony, as well as beyond it. 
MorpuHINvus DUBIUS. 
M. supra fuscus aut nigro fuscus ; infra albus striis, longitu- 
dinalibus fuscis variegatus; latera colli pectoris que subfusca. 
Remiges nigro-fusce, albo aut nigro plus minus variegate ; 
rectrices, fusce stris nigris undulatis notate, et apices albe, 
digiti flavi, rostrum et ungues subnigri. 
Female.—Bill bluish black; cere yellow; plumage above 
brown or blackish brown, according to the age and season of 
the year, the shafts of the feathers and a portion of the vanes 
adjoiming being always darkest ; feathers towards quills more 
or less white; shoulders the same color as back, with the 
exception of the margins of the feathers, which are of a 
lighter tint ; sides of neck and breast variegated brown and 
white ; chin, throat, and centre of breast chiefly white, with 
some brown shades in the form of longitudinal streaks that 
include the shafts of the feathers; belly white, here and 
there variegated with clouds of light reddish brown or with 
dark brown narrow streaks, produced by the shafts being of 
that color. Several of the long feathers on the flanks more 
or less distinctly crossed with reddish brown, and those on 
the outside of the thighs also slightly marked in the same 
way, only with a lighter shade, the rest of the feathers of 
the legs pure white. Primary wing feathers blackish brown, 
except the inner vanes towards quill, which are a pure white 
or white and black in transverse bands, the latter distribution 
occurs most particularly in some of the innermost ones, which 
are almost for their whole extent so marked; secondaries 
blackish brown, the inner vanes banded with a darker tint, 
and all pretty broadly tipt with white ; insides of shoulders 
white, with a few blackish brown spots or blotches. Tail 
nearly even, the feathers blackish brown, variegated with 
narrow waved irregular bands of a darker tint, and all besides 
being tipt with white are more or less mottled with that color, 
particularly the inner vanes near quills; upper tail coverts 
reddish white ; toes yellow; claws black. Length from bill 
to root of tail ten inches; length of latter eight inches. 
Young.—Bill bluish black ; cere greenish yellow; plumage 
above a light brown, with the tips and edges of the feathers 
light tawny or reddish; chin, throat, and centre of breast 
light tawny with brown streaks; belly the same color, with a 
few narrow brown lines; flank feathers, and those on outside 
of thighs marked as in older specimens ; wing feathers and 
tail with the brown less deep; toes greenish yellow; claws 
black. 
Obs.—In the above descriptions I am very doubtful if either 
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