OTIS CAFRA. 



STANLEY BUSTARD or YELDT PAAUW. 



(Plate 3.) 



Otis cafra, Lichteiistein, Cat. Ver. Nat. Hamb., p. 36 (1793) ; Sharpe's 

 ed. Layard Birds of S. Afr., p. 634 (1875-84) ; NicoUs & Eglington, 

 Sportsman in S. Afr., p. 114 (1892) ; Reichenow, Vogel Afrikas, 

 I, p. 244 (1900-01) ; Sclater, Ann. S. Afr. Miis., iii, p. 357 (1905) ; 

 Sclater & Stark, Birds of S. Afr., iv, p. 301 (1906). 



Neotis cafra, Sharpe, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus., xxiii, p. 301 (1894) ; 

 Woodward, Natal Birds, p. 176 (1899). 



Description. Adult male, as in figure ; length about 43 in ; weight, 

 accorcUng to Ayres, 20 lb. 



The female is a good deal smaller than the male ; the centre 

 of the crown is ashy-\^ hite, finely vermiculated with darker ; 

 the bluish-.slate of the sides of the face, neck and breast of the 

 male is replaced by white, closely spotted and vermiculated with 

 brown, in the female (Sclater). Length about 34 in., weight 

 (AjTes) 91b. 



Distribution. The Stanley Bustard extends over the greater part 

 of South Africa as far north as the liigh veldt of the Transvaal. 

 Beyond South African hmits it has been killed in southern Angola, 

 the central parts of German East Africa up to Victoria Nyanza 

 and on the Ubangi, a northern tributary of the Congo. 



I killed two, and saw many, on the big grassy flats near Mount 

 Kenia in British East Africa. 



I HAVE met with this fine bird some few times in the 

 Orange River Colony, but it is by no means common and 

 is nearly always very wild, the old cocks especially so. 



In Pondoland it is found in the same localities as 

 Ludwig's Paauw {Otis ludwigi), and, like that species, is 

 usiiaUy a winter visitant, though a few stay all the year. 



