BIKDS OF S. W. PROT ECTOR Al'E 03 



euougli to find ii nest of this species on the 6th June, 

 1918, bnilt in the fork of a tree standing on a very steep 

 hillside. It was bnilt of sticks, lined with grass and a 

 few green leaves, and contained two eggs which were 

 very "hard set"; unfortunately I broke one in trying 

 to extract the embryo, while the other one is now in 

 the Transvaal Museum at Pretoria. As the egg of this 

 species has not been described so far as I know, I will 

 give a description of the one egg in the Transvaal 

 Museum : — 



Shape — a rounded oval, slightly broader at one end. 

 Colour — white, strongly marked with red brown 

 blotches, chiefly at the blunt end — only a few small 

 si^ots elsewhere. 

 Measurciiicnls — 03: 5 x 53 m.m. 



Falfo mi)ior — South African Peregrine Falcon. 

 Although I had on several occasions seen falcons which 

 I thought were of this species, I have never been able to 

 identify them satisfactorily. However a brother officer, 

 while shooting rock Tjigeons at Windhuk, which came to 

 the h(^)rse-lines to feed on spilt grain, made a very lucky 

 *' right and left ", securing a fine male Peregrine and also 

 the pigeon it was pursuing. Subsequently while out 

 shooting myself, I was passing a ploughed field near a 

 farm, and heariug a great commotion amongst a lot of 

 doves that were feeding on the land, I looked up and saw 

 a i>eregrine make a dash at one of them, but missing its 

 aim passed so close over my head that identification 

 was easy. The male bird mentioned above was some- 

 what different in the colouring of the underparts to 

 any T had previously seen. The whole upper breast 

 was a rich rufous buff without a sign of the spots usually 

 present. The sides and thigh coverts were grey, barred 

 as usual with black. 



Faho ruficoUis — Red-Xecked Falcon. I have only 

 twice met with this beautiful falcon, on both occasions 

 in the Windhuk district. The first time I was shooting 

 guinea fowl along one of the drv river beds which are 



