OTIS AFROIDES.— Smith. 



AvEs. — Plate XIX. (Male and Female.) 



O. capite nisi vcrtice et auribus, collo, corpore siibtils, femoribus, fasciis duabus apiul rectrices laterales, 

 priinariis partim et secundaiiis nigris ; auribus, collaii curto humerali, fascia alarum lungitudinali, 

 reinigum (prinio excepto) pogoniis niajoribus mediis, tBeniola tibiali apicibusque rectrlcum latera- 

 lium albis ; vertice brunneo fusco-striato ; cristula albo nigroque varia ; interscapulio, tectricibus 

 alarum supcrioribus, scapularibus et tertiariis brunnco-nigricante fuscoque undatim fasciatis ; dorso, 

 tectricibus rectricibusque caudBe nigris, albo nitide liueatis : rostro flavo, apice bruaneo ; pedibus 

 fuscis. 



Fcemina. capite, collo, corpore supra et pectore superior! fusco-fernigineis brunnco-nigricante prav6 et 

 dens6 striatis ; niento, regione postparotica et pectore imo albidis ; cauda dorsali fuseo brunneoque 

 variata ; fascia alarum albi notaque alba super remiges minus quam in mari conspicuis. 



Otis Afroides, Smith, Proceedings of the Zoological Society, Part I. p. 11, 1830. 



Colour. — Forehead, supercilia, cheeks, chin, neck, breast, abdomen, 

 thighs, flanks and under tail coverts velvet-black; crown of the head blackish 

 brown, irregularly crossed and broken by cream-yellow lines, and fringed on 

 either side with a white streak, which, passing backwards, blends itself with 

 the black plumage of the occipital sub-crest ; ear coverts and an irregular 

 semicollar at the base of the neck posteriorly white ; greater part of the 

 dorsal aspect, including the scapular and interscapular plumage, tertiaries 

 and superior wing coverts transversely undulated with bands alternately 

 brownish black and ochre-yellow, the latter with a golden tinge in strong 

 lights ; these bands become broader towards the lower parts of the dorsal 

 surface. Lower wing coverts, white, forming a broad band along the margin of 

 the wing ; first quill and greater part of the other primaries dull brownish 

 black, but the basal and middle portions of the inner webs of the latter more 

 or less patched, stained, or powdered with white ; outer web of two or three 

 of the inner secondaries either patched or striped with white. Back brownish 

 black, finely barred with cream-yellow lines; superior tail coverts black, 

 transversed with irregular white bands ; four middle tail feathers brown, 

 densely crossed by broken zig-zag cream-yellow lines, as well as by two 

 black bands and the rudiment of a third near the tip; on the lateral tail 

 feathers the markings nearly similar, but gradually changing into lighter 

 brown and blueish white, the first band also disappearing, and the second 

 and third becoming more developed, and of a more brilliant black ; the tips 

 of all the feathers white ; colours of the inferior surface of the tail darker, 

 black bands and intermediate markings more obscure ; femoral plumage 

 terminated by a white garter; axillary region black; inner surface of shoulder 



