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found throughout the country, when one of these falcons 

 dashed out of a large Camel-thorn tree, and I unfortunate- 

 ly missed it with both barrels. However on a subsec^uent 

 occasion, I came across a pair in some open country on 

 another farm. They were rather wild, but I succeeded 

 in shooting the male bird, a beautiful example in perfect 

 plumage. The crop contained the remains of a bird. 



Asio Icuc'otis granti — Southern White-Faced Owl. 



This little owl is not uncommon in the Windhuk dis- 

 trict ; I have often come across it amongst the thick thorn 

 bush along the river beds. Judging by the contents of 

 the crops of those I shot, its prey consists principally of 

 insects, beetles of various kinds, grasshoppers and 

 locusts, — also mice. 



Clapmtor cafer — Strii)ed-Breasted Cuckoo. I saw a 

 few of these Cuckoos amongst the large Mimosa trees 

 along the river banks ; they are by no means common. 



Irrisor erythrorynchus — Long-Tailed Wood Hoopoe. 

 In my list of birds from Okanjande I recorded a Wood- 

 huopoe collected there by mistake as Ii risor dcunarcnsis. 

 I never met with the latter subspecies at that place, 

 although I subsequently discovered it at Tsumeb and 

 later at Windhuk. I sent my Okanjande specimen to 

 Mr. Roberts of the Transvaal Museum, who made the 

 following remarks on the bird: " Ivrisor ciytlworhyn'-hus 

 ianfjolensis, according to Claude Grant's description, 

 agreeing absolutely with Eastern Transvaal specimens)." 



Kiporia jidhjula — Rock Martin. In my Okanjande 

 list I recorded the birds collected there under the name 

 of Riparia fuligula anderssoni. I am inclined t<> think 

 that this subspecies has been founded on insufficient 

 grounds. The dry air and bright sunlight in S.W. Africa 

 has a strong tendency to bleach the feathers of birds, 

 especially those specimens that are much exposed to it. 

 Freshly moulted specimens of Rock-martins collected at 

 Windhuk sent to Mr. Roberts of the Transvaal Museum 

 were declared by Iiim as indistinguishable from the 

 typical race, I believe that had I collected these same 



