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Windlmk district, usually in i)airs and small flocks 

 anioiiiist scattered thorn bush. 



] iiKKjo iiiKiirostris — I;ald-Froiitevl (Ireeii Pigeon, in 

 my previous notes on the birds oi' Outjo and Tsumeb, 1 

 recorded the (Jreen iMgeons seen by me, as belonging to 

 this species. I did not, however, secure a specimen for 

 identification and these birds may have been Yinago 

 bchaloivi, which has also been recorded from Dainara- 

 land. The only green pigeon I have shot, was a single 

 s}>ecinien of Vinago Xtidirostris at Otavifontein. 



Frdncolinus garicpcnsis pallidior — Erickson's Fran- 

 colin. FrancoUiiiis nilgaris pallidior — Gunning and 

 Haaguer. Check-list, p. 9.*i. I have discussed the ques- 

 tion of the correct names of the S. African Francolins. 

 F. gariepcnsis, F. juguhiris, F. Shelleyi, and F. pallidior, 

 with -Mr. W. L. Sclater of the British Museum who agrees 

 with me that all these may be considered as geogra])hical 

 forms of one si)ecies, i.e., F. Gariepensis, and should in 

 future be known by the following names: 

 Francolinifs gariepensis gariepensis. 

 FrancoliiiHS gariepensis jugularis. 

 Francolinus gariepensis shelleyi. 

 Franeolinus gariepensis pallidior. 

 The second named does not occur in South Africa as far 

 5is is at present known, but specimens from Tsumeb were 

 considered by Mr. Bclater as being intermediate between 

 F. g. palUdor and F. g. jugularis, so that the latter, 

 which occurs in Angola, may also be found to occur in 

 the north of Ovamboland. It may be known by the large 

 patch of black and Avhite feathers on the upper breast. 



Cofurnir delagorguci — Harlequin Quail. 1 have shot 

 a good number of these quail in rhe grassy valleys near 

 Windhuk. A number appear to spend the whole year in 

 this l(K-ality, as 1 have shot them in midwinter (June and 

 July). 



Otogifjis auricularis — Black Vulture. As recorded 

 in my previous papers T found this Vulture rather scarce 

 in the north, but while shooting on a farm about 13 miles 



