260 BIRDS OF DAMARA LAND. 



The irides are pale transparent grey, more or less 

 variegated with dark brown ; the legs and toes are dirty 

 yellow. 



302. EupodotlS afra (Gmel.). Cape Knorhaan Bustard. 



White-eared Bustard, Latham's General Synopsis of Birds, pi. 69. 

 Eupodotis afra, Layard's Cat. No. 548. 



I have frequently met with this bird to the south of 

 the Orange River, and at no great distance from it ; but 

 I have never met with it to the north of that stream. 



The eggs of this Bustard are of a dark greenish drab, 

 more or less profusely spotted and blotched with brown. 



[As Mr. Andersson's last collection did not contain specimens 

 of this Bustard, its identification rests upon his authority. ED.] 



303. Eupodotis afroides (Smith). Black-and-white-winged 

 Bustard*. 



Otis afroides, Smith's Zool. of S. Africa, pi. 19. 



Eupodotis afroides, Layard's Cat. No. 549. 



Otis afroides, Chapman's Travels in S. Afr v App. p. 414. 



This is perhaps the most common Bustard in both 

 Great Namaqua and Damara Land. On taking wing 

 or when disturbed the male becomes outrageously noisy 

 and will rise vertically and to a great height, often de- 

 scending as abruptly. This is a great nuisance to the 

 hunter, who is frequently done out of his quarry by the 

 Bustard's sudden and noisy apparition. 



* [In addition to the Bustards enumerated in the text, Mr. Andersson's last 

 collection contained a specimen of Eupodotis Colei (Smith) = E. Ludwigii, 

 Riippell j but I have not been able to ascertain whether this specimen was 

 procured within the geographical limits to which the present volume is con- 

 fined, and I have therefore not included it. ED.] 



