774 BIRDS OF SOUTH AFRICA. 
the royal-yard or on the lift of the spanker. It seems actuated by 
curiosity, turning its head from side to side, and scanning every- 
thing with its brilliant dark eye. Eggs of this species resemble 
those of D. exulans, but are smaller: axis, 4’’ 2’"; diam. 2” 6”. 
Throughout of a dull sooty black, darkest on the wings; eye 
surrounded by a white eyelid; bill jet-black, with a narrow, 
yellowish stripe along the lower mandible; legs flesh-coloured ; 
irides brown; tail wedge-shaped. Length, 33’; wing, 20”; 
tail, 13”. 
Fig. Gould, B. Austr. vii, pl. 44. 
