. A dictionary of birds . t appear tohave long survived, while many succumb speedily. For furtherdetails the reader may be referred to Goulds Birds of Australia ( 247) and Handbook (ii. p. 539), Dr. Finschs Die Pafageien (i. ), but especially to Sir W. Bullers Birds of New Zealand (p. 26,ed. 2, i. p. 176), in Avhich last work nearly all the informationhitherto recorded is to be found. KALKOENTJE (Little Turkey), the Dutch name in SouthAfrica for the Alauda capensis of Linnseus, the type of Swainsonsgenus Macronyx, which recent authors suppose to be allied to Anthus(Pipit), and refer
. A dictionary of birds . t appear tohave long survived, while many succumb speedily. For furtherdetails the reader may be referred to Goulds Birds of Australia ( 247) and Handbook (ii. p. 539), Dr. Finschs Die Pafageien (i. ), but especially to Sir W. Bullers Birds of New Zealand (p. 26,ed. 2, i. p. 176), in Avhich last work nearly all the informationhitherto recorded is to be found. KALKOENTJE (Little Turkey), the Dutch name in SouthAfrica for the Alauda capensis of Linnseus, the type of Swainsonsgenus Macronyx, which recent authors suppose to be allied to Anthus(Pipit), and refer to the Family MotacillidR% a position that may beopen to doubt. It is common throughout the open country, and 1 Dr. Reichenow ( Orw. 1881, pp. 13-16) boldly unites them in asingle Family, but in that case it should bear the name of PezojMridie. 476 KALLEGE—KEEL has much of the habits of a Lark, except that it does not soar andhas no song, uttering a cry which Levaillant syllabled • qui vive ? and Mr. Layard. mewing. Macronyx. (After Swainson.) terms The curious similar-ity in coloration,which obtains be-tween this form andthe American Stur-nella, has beenalready noticed (Ic-terus) ; but it mustbe understood thatwhatever be thetrue position ofMacronyx, the twogenera are not allied. Several English names have been suggestedfor this bird, and one by which it is said to be called in the CapeColony is Cut-throat Lark, from the deep orange colour of itsthroat. Three other species of Macronyx are known—one, M. crocea,having a yellow throat, and therefore still more closely resemblingSturnella magna, being widely spread throughout Africa; another,M. flavicolUs, inhabiting Abyssinia and the neighbouring countries ;and the fourth, M. ameliai, with a red throat, confined to the south-eastern part of the continent. KALLEGE^ or KALIJ, the Anglo-Lidian name, applied toabout a dozen forms of Pheasant, constituting the genus Ewplocanius(Gallophasis of some authors), among whic
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