OTIS AFROIDES.— Smith. 
Aves. — Plate XIX. (Male and Female.) 
O. capite nisi vertioe et auribus, collo, corpore subtils, femoribns, fasciis duabus apud rectricos laterales, 
primariis partim et secundariis nigris ; auribus, collari curto humerali, fascia alarum longitudinali, 
remigum (primo exccpto) pogoniis majoribus mcdiis, tseniola tibiali apicibusque rectricum latera- 
lium albis ; vertice brunneo fusco-striato ; cristula albo nigroque varia ; interscapulio, tectricibus 
alarum superioribus, soapularibus et tertiariis brunneo-nigricante fuscoque undatim fasciatis ; dorso, 
tectricibus rectricibusque caudse nigris, albo nitide linearis : rostro fiavo, apice brunneo ; pedibus 
fuscis. 
Fcemina. capite, collo, corpore supra et pectore superiori fusco-ferrugineis brunneo-nigricante prave et 
dense striatis ; mento, regione postparotica et pectore inio albidis ; cauda dorsali fusco brunneoque 
variata ; fascia alarum alba notaque alba super remiges minus quam in marl 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 while 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 
