Bantam-like gamebird
...widespread in east and
south Sub-Saharan Africa.
Ortygornis sephaena
(L 9.5-11.5")
1,2 Tie my shoe
3,4 Shut the door
5,6 Pick up sticks
7,8 Lay them straight
9, 10 A big fat hen.
Let‘s get up and count again!
(Nursery Rhyme)
Ortygornis in Greek means quail
bird; sephaena may be an
unrecorded Chuana native name.
© Myles E.
W. North
Macaulay
Library