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transversely with black and white, each feather besides with 
one or more broad pure black transverse bands, and the lateral 
ones with broad white tips ; armillee white. Bill horn colored 
towards tip, yellow towards base; legs and toes yellowish; 
claws horn colored. Length from bill to tip of tail nearly 
eighteen inches. 
This species is closely allied to the Otis Afra, or black 
Koran of the Colonists, but is at once distinguishable from it 
by the white markings of the inner vanes of the primary quill 
feathers. Its cry is also very different, being simply kir re- 
peated many timesin quick succession. Ihave neverfound this 
bird within the limits of the colony, but have seen many of 
them on the Bushman flats towards the Orange River. From 
the last circumstance, they are known to the farmers of the 
northern frontier by the name of ‘‘ Bushman Koran*.” 
* Many interesting species of this genus have already been discovered in 
South Africa, and doubtless the catalogue will yet be extended when more 
attention is devoted to the examination of the individual characters of birds. 
The species at present known to us are—(tis Arabs. Cuv. Kuif kop Peauw. 
—Otis ruficollis. Cuv. red necked Peauw—Otis Coleii. Smith mms. black 
throated Peauw.—Otis Afra. Lin. blackKoran.—Otis Torquata. Cuv. brown 
Koran.—Otis Vigorsii Smith mms. Karoo Koran.—Otis Verowii Smith mms. 
blue bellied Koran.— Otis Afroides Smith. Bushman Koran. 
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