^S LT. C. G. FIXCH-DAVIES 



Corrections and Additions to Previous Lists of Birds of 

 the South-West Protectorate. 



By C. G. Fixch-Davies, Lt. 1st. 8.A.M.R., M.B.O.U. 



In tlie first niiinber of the Journal and in the 2d(J 

 Bulletin, I published lists of birds collected in the Okan- 

 jande, Outjo, and Tsumeb districts of the S.W. Protect- 

 orate and a portion of Ovamboland. After the Ovambo- 

 land expedition my regiment was transferred to Windhuk, 

 and I was stationed there from March 1917 imtil 

 December 1918. 



In the following notes I wish to make a few corrections 

 and remarks on some of the species mentioned in my 

 previous papers and also to add notes on species collected 

 in the Windhuk district and not hitherto noticed. 



The Windhuk district is for the most part considerably 

 higher and more mountainous than any of the districts 

 I had previously been stationed in and consequently, some 

 species are found there which are not seen elsewhere 

 Windhuk itself has an altitude of 6,400 odd feet. 



Anas punctata — Hottentot Teal. A few of these teal 

 have been shot time after time on the dams in the Wind- 

 huk district. 



Dendrocijna 7;/V/im^a— ^"N'hite-faced Duck. A flock was 

 met with, and two or three specimens shot, in the winter 

 of 1917. 



Casarca cana — South African Sheldrake. A single 

 female was shot on one of the dams in the districts, by 

 a friend who sent the bird to me for identification. 



Otis ludicigi — Ludwig's Bustard. This species is fair- 

 ly common in all the open country round Windhuk, where 

 I have never met with the Stanley Bustard. All the 

 large Bustards or Paauw are now Royal Game in the 

 S.W. Protectorate and protected at all times of the year. 



Pterocles hicinctus — Double-Banded Sandgrouse. I 

 have on several occasions met with this species in the 



