xii LIST OF PLATES 



Plate. 



Blue Quail {Excaljactoria adansoni) ___--- 33 



Kurrichane Button-Quail {Twnix lepurana) ----- 34 



Natal Button-Quail {Turnix nana) ------ 35 



Hottentot Button-Quail {Turnix hottentotta) ----- 36 



Common Guinea-Fowl {Numida coronata) _ - - - Fig. a. 37 



East African Guinea-Fowl {Numida mitrata) - - - - Fig. b. 37 



Damaraland Guinea-Fowl {Numida papillosa) _ - - Fig. c. 37 



Crested Guinea-Fowl {Guttera edouardi) ------ 38 



Yellow-throated Sandgrouse {Pterocles gutturalis) - - - - 39 



Spotted Sandgrouse {Pterocles variegatus) ----- 40 



Double-banded Sandgrouse {Pterocles bicinctus) - - - - 41 



Namaqua Sandgrouse {Pteroclurus namaqua) ----- 42 



Speckled Pigeon or Bush-Dove {GolvMiha phaeonota) - - - 43 



Olive Pigeon {Golumha arqualrix) -------44 



Delalande's Green Pigeon (FiMogro (icZato»trf«i)- - - - - 45 



Spur-winged Goose {Plectropterus gambensis) ----- 46a 



Spur-winged Gioose {Plectropterus gambensis) ----- 46b 



Spur-winged Goose {Plectropterus gambensis) ----- 46o 



Black Spur-wiaged Goose {Plectropterus niger) - - - - 47 



Knob-billed Duck {Sarcidiomis melanonota) ----- 48 



Dwarf Goose {Nettopus auritus) -------49 



White-faced Tree-Duck {Dendrocygna viduata) - - - - 50 



Whistling Tree-Duck {Dendrocygna fulva) ----- 51 



Egyptian Goose {Alopochen aegyptiacus) ----- 52 



South African Sheld-Drake {Casarca cana) ----- 53.54 



YeUow-biUed Duck or Geelbec {Anas undulata) - - - - 55 



Black Duck {Anas sparsa) --------56 



Cape Teal {Nettion capense) --------57 



Hottentot Teal {Nettion punctatum) ------ 58 



Red-biUed Pintail or Red-bill {Paecilonetta erythrorhyncha) - - 59 



European Shoveler {Spatula clypeaia) ------ 60 



Cape Shoveler {Spatula capensis) ------- Qi 



South African Pochard {Nyroca erythrophthalma) - - - - 62 



White-backed Duck {Thalassomis leuconoia) ----- 63 



Maccoa Duck {Erismatura maccoa) ------ (54 



Hadada Ibis {Hagedashia hagedash) ------ 65 



