Check List of the Birds of South Africa. 365 



OBDER XIX. PYGOPODES. 



FAMILY L PODICIPEDIDJE. 



809. PODICIPES CRISTATUS (Linn.), Crested Grebe. 



Distr. CC. O. TV. 



810. PODICIPES NIGRICOLLIS (Brehm), Eared Grebe. 



Distr.CG. TV. B. G. 



811. PODICIPES CAPENSIS (Licht.), Cape Dabchick. 



Distr. Throughout. 



OEDEE XX. IMPENNES. 



FAMILY I. SPHENISCID^. 



812. SPHENISCUS DEMURSUS (Linn.), Jackass Penguin. 



Distr. Coasts G. CC. 



813. CATARRHACTES CHRYSOCOME (Forster), Bock-liopper Penguin. 



Distr. Coasts CC. 



ORDER XXI. STBUTHIONES. 



FAMILY I. STKUTHIONIDZE. 



814. STRUTHIO AUSTRALIS (Gurney), Southern Ostrich. 



Distr. Throughout. 



(3) NOTES ON THE SPECIES MARKED WITH AN ASTERISK 



IN THE CHECK LIST. 



5. BUPHAGA ERYTHRORHYNCHA (Stanley). 



The eggs of this species are wrongly described in the first volume 

 of the Fauna. Mr. Millar informs me that he has taken a large 

 number of nests, and that the birds build in his garden near Durban 

 every year. The eggs are always white with purplish-red spots and 

 blotches, slightly varying in size and measure about -95 x '70 inches. 



The nesting season is from the end of October to the middle of 

 December, and the clutch usually consists of three eggs. 



