Fam. Otididae. — 940 — Gen. Otis. 



Ann. & Mag. of nat. bist. 1852. (Coli. Petherick) p. 348. — Gray, 

 Handl. III. p. 7. — Otis caffra, p. Schleg. Cat. Curs. p. 7. — 0. 

 caffra. p. Rüpp. Mus. Senkenb. II. p. 220. (Syn. Otis Denhami, Bar- 

 low, Denh. Reis. Paris 1826. III. p. 238.) — 0. Denhami, Temm. 

 PL col. fasc. 97. — Child. Denh. Reisen , (Weimar 1827.) p. 684. 



— Ouhura, ibid. p. 278. — Heugl. Gab. Journ. 1864. p. 272. — 

 Eupodotis Denhami, Rchb. Hühnervög. t. CCLVIII. f. 2184.— 218.5. 



— Otis Denhami, Bocage, Av. das posses. port. Y. p. 11. Nr. 61. — 

 0. Denhami, Heugl. Gab, Journ, 1867. p. 302. — Pr. Württemb. 

 Icon. ined. t. 68. (32.) — Less. Gomplem. de BufF. IT. p. 249. — 

 Otis ruficollis, Mus. Par. — Charioiis arahs, Antin. (nee Lin.) Gat. 

 p. 95. — Salvad. Rivist. Gat. Antin. (Atti della R. Ac. Sc. di Tor. 

 vol. V. 1870.) p. 746. — Otis caffra, Heugl. Syst. Uebers. Nr. 551. 

 (not.) — Otis Denhami, Heugl. Peterm. Geogr. Mitth. 1860. p. 31. 

 & 1869. p. 413. — Hartl. W. Afr. Nr. 598. 



Similis O.caffrae; minor; rostro, caiida pedibusque lougioribus, 

 gracilioribns ; regione nuda tibiali multo magis extensa; torquis 

 jugularis pliimis valde elongatis, densiS; truncato-apicatis, etiam 

 lateraliter cinereis (nee albis) ; nueha cinnamomea (nee cinerea) ; 

 colli postici colore delicate cinnamomeo (nee laete rufo) , antici 

 pallide ciuereo (nee saturate cano). Pileo, nnehäque fusco-nigris, Stria 

 lata siipraoculari, ad nnchara nsqiie porrecta, altera mediana ver- 

 ticali albidis, area verticali magis fulvescente-adumbrata.et delicatis- 

 sime nigro-pimctulata ; antiis cinerascentibus ; loris superioribns 

 sordide rufescentibiiS; fusco-striolatis ; loris inferioribnS; genis, mento 

 gulaqne superiore albidis, genis partim delicate fasciatim fnsce 

 irroratis; regione parotica colloque laterali delicate cinereis; nucha 

 auchenioque pulchre cinnamomeis; collo antico pallide fulvescente- 

 cineroO; sordidealbide-fasciolato ; jiigiüi plumis decompositis et valde 

 elongatis, purius cinereis ;, colore pallide fusco et sordide albido 

 obsolete fasciolatis ; stragalo, alae tectrieibus minoribiis, tertiariis 

 rectricumque '/i medianarum apice in fundo fusco delicatissime 

 fulve irroratis et vermiculatis ; remigibus primariis extimis atris, 

 intus, basin versus, albis, hinc partim atro-irroratis, reliquis albis, 

 fascia lata anteapicali nigricante; secundariis nigris, intus, basin 

 versus, apice pogoniique interni fasciis 1 — 2 albis, hinc partim 

 fusco-adspersis ; alae tectrieibus medianis nigris, in basi et apice 



