OTJIS A F R O ID .E S . A . Male. B. Female,
(Aves—P la te 19).
OTIS AFROIDES.— S mith.
A ves.— P late XIX. (M ale and F emale.)
0 . capite nisi vertice et auribus, colio, corpore subtiis, femoribus, fasciis duabus apud rectrices laterales,
primariis partim et secundariis nigris; auribus, collar! curto butnerali, fascia alarum longitudinali,
remigum (prim© excepto) pogoniis majoribus mediis, tseniola tibiali apicibusque rectricum latera-
liuin albis; vertice brunneo fusco-striato; cristul& albo nigroque varid; interscapulio, tectricibus
alarum superioribus, scapularibus et tertiariis brunneo-nigricante fuscoque undatim fasciatis; dorso,
tectricibus rectricibusque caudee nigris, albo nitidk lineatis: rostro flavo, apice brunneo; pedibus
fuscis.
Fomina, capite, colio, corpore supra et pectore superior! fusco-ferrugineis brunneo-nigricante prave et
dens& striatis; mento, regione postparotica et pectore imo albidis; cauda dorsal! fusco brunneoque
variatd; fascia alarum alba notaque alb& super remiges minus quam in man conspicuis.
Otis Afroides, Smith, Proceedings of the Zoological Society, Part I. p. 11, 1830.
C olour. — 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