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as hein^ udditions to the fauna of South Africa. The one 

 was Harthiub's francolin (Fran col inns hartlaubi), of 

 which I secured a male and female, and which has so far 

 been recorded only from Angola. It is a small bird, with 

 a striking difference in the sexes, both sexes being brown 

 above, but the male is whitish, striped with dark brown 

 below, the female having the under parts uniform pale 

 rufous. I found them in pairs frequenting the grass and 

 bush on the kopjes. The other species was the Bald-fronted 

 Green Pigeon (Vinago calva nudirostris), which I found 

 in the same locality. These specimens are now in the Trans- 

 vaal Museum. I also met with the rare Rueppell's Korhaan 

 (Otis rueppelli) in the neighbourhood of Usakos ; they 

 were found on the bare rocky ground to the south, and 

 seem to resemble the Yaal Korhaan in habits, note and 

 flight, and had the same beautiful pink sheen on the plumage. 

 In the following list I have followed the nomenclature 

 of the Transvaal Museum, "Check List of Gunnino- and 

 Haagner.^' 



List of Species. 



1. Struthio australis — Southern Ostrich. Common 

 throughout these districts, going about often in large flocks. 

 (Jonsidering how wary these birds are, [ was very surprised 

 to find them remarkably tame, and they often allowed one to 

 ride past within 100 yards, without much sign of alarm. 



2. Anas erythrorhyncha — Red-billed Teal. I met 

 with a small flock of these birds on a large dam near Outjo. 



3. Sarkidiornis melanotus — Knob-billed Duck. One 

 morning while on parade at Okanjande, a flock of six of these 

 birds passed over, flying in a southerly direction ; this was 

 darine; the rains. 



4. (Jhenalopex fegyptius — Egyptian Goose. A small 

 flock frequented the same dam as the Red-billed T'eal above 

 mentioned. They were not wild^ and I secured a fine 

 specimen. 



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