The Birds of South Africa

Adult Andersson ashy brown Atmore Ayres B. S. Afr Barratt barred Benguela bill bill black bird blackish Bocage breast breeding buff bush Caconda Cape capensis Captain Shelley centre chin Colesberg colony colour common coverts culmen Cunene River Damara Land dark brown diam district dull dusky ear-coverts East London edged eggs feathers feeds feet female flanks flocks Frank Oates frequently fulvous grass grey greyish ground head Humbe inches inner insects iris Knysna Layard legs light Lydenburg male mandible margined Mashoona Mossamedes mottled Namaqua Land Natal neck neighbourhood nest obtained Orange River outer pairs pale paler plumage Port Elizabeth Potchefstroom procured pure white quills Rickard rufous rump Rustenberg seen Senor Anchieta shot sides South Africa specimens spots streaked Swellendam T. E. Buckley tail tail-feathers tarsus Thomas Ayres throat tipped with white Total length Transvaal trees upper tail-coverts Vley whitish wing wing-coverts yellow yellowish Zambesi