278 BIRDS OF DAMARA LAND. 



catcher; but Mr. Layard refers to it [loc. cit.) as an inliabitant of 

 the coasts of that country, thus confirming Mr. Andcrsson^s 

 identification of the species. The Black Oystercatclier of South 

 Africa has, I beHeve, not yet been figured. — Ed.] 



GRUID^. 

 324. Bugeranus camnculatus (GbicL). Wattled Crane. 



Gnis caruncidata, Gray's Genera of Birds, pi. 148. 



„ „ Lajard's Cat. No. 573. 



Wattled Crane, Chapman's Travels in S. Afr., App. p. 417. 

 Bugeranus caruncidatus, Gray's Hand-list of Birds, No. 10087. 



This Crane is found very sparingly in Damara Land 

 during the rainy season ; I have also observed it on the 

 rivers Okavango, Teoughe, and Dzonga, as well as at 

 Lake Ngami. 



325. Tetrapteryx paradisea (Licht.). Stanley Crane. 



Scops paradisca, Gray's Kuowsley Menagerie, pi. 14. 

 Anthropoides Stanleyanus, Layard's Cat. No. 574. 



„ „ Chapman's Travels in S. Afr., App. p. 417. 



Grus jjaradisea, Finsch & Hartlaub's Vogel Ost-Afrika's, p. 671. 

 Tetrajjteri/.v paradisea, Gray's Hand-list of Birds, No. 10093. 



This very graceful Crane is not uncommon in Damara 

 and Great Namaqua Land during the rainy season, but 

 migrates on the return of the dry. It is found in the 

 open country, as well as in the moist beds of periodical 

 streams, and always in pairs. It is a rather timid bird, 

 and is rarely to be obtained, except by the rifle. The 

 stomachs of the few individuals which I have opened 



