. The birds of South Africa. Birds. 204 CUCOLID^ CENTEOPUS Description. Adult.—Crown, sides of the head and nape blue- black with shiny shafts to the feathers; middle of the back and wings rufous-brown, the primaries, except at their tips, rather more rufous, sometimes a few white shafts to the scapulars; rump and upper tail-coverts mottled and barred, dark green and dull white; tail-feathers uniform dark green, except below the coverts where they are barred with rufous, and narrowly tipped with white ; below, and under tail-coverts buffy-white throughout, the thigh and under tail-coverts some
. The birds of South Africa. Birds. 204 CUCOLID^ CENTEOPUS Description. Adult.—Crown, sides of the head and nape blue- black with shiny shafts to the feathers; middle of the back and wings rufous-brown, the primaries, except at their tips, rather more rufous, sometimes a few white shafts to the scapulars; rump and upper tail-coverts mottled and barred, dark green and dull white; tail-feathers uniform dark green, except below the coverts where they are barred with rufous, and narrowly tipped with white ; below, and under tail-coverts buffy-white throughout, the thigh and under tail-coverts sometimes showing traces of black bars, the shafts of the feathers being shiny Pig. 67.—Head of Cenfropus hurchelli. x l. Iris red; bill black; legs and feet leaden-black. Length about 16'5 ; wing 6'4:; tail9'85 ; culmen 1'3 ; tarsus 1-6. The sexes are alike ; a young female has the crown dull black with a few red shaft marks; an obscure lighter eyebrow, the back and wings rufous, mottled and banded with black ; the tail-feathers are clearly barred with narrow bands of pale rufous for about half their length ; the throat is washed with pale rufous and the thighs and sides of the body are barred with black. Distribution.—Burchell's Coucal is a widely-spread resident over the greater part of South Africa, and appears to be or almost confined to it, if, as is generally now considered to be the case, it is distinct from the West African C. senegalensis. It is common through Cape Colony from Swellendam eastwards. Natal, the Transvaal and Mashonaland and has been obtained in Nyasaland. The following are the principal localities: Cape Colony— Swellendam, Caledon, Peddie (S. A. Museum), Knysna (Marais),. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Stark, Arthur Cowell, d. 1899; Sclater
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