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381. CicoNiA ABDiMii,, Licht. White-bellied Stork. 

 Female, January 8th, 1885. Iris light tawny brown; bill 



reddisb at the tip, greenish at the base ; bare skin round the 

 eye and about the chin red ; feet and front part of the tarsi, 

 also the uncovered part of the tibiae, dusky brown. 



Another female, killed the same day, differed in having the 

 entire tarsi a dingy brick-red and the bare skin in front of 

 the ear bluish. 



I killed the birds now sent about thirty miles from Pot- 

 chefs troom, near the Mooi river. These Storks are often 

 to be seen in various parts of the Potchefstroom district in 

 the rainy season, i. e. during our summer months. They are 

 always in companies, though I have not seen them here in the 

 vast numbers sometimes to be found in other parts of South 

 Africa. 



382. CicoNiA NIGRA, Linu. Black Stork. 



Male, Potchefstroom, June 12th, 1884. Bill and bare skin 

 round the eye bright dark crimson ; feet, tarsi, and bare part 

 of tibise very bright scarlet. Stomach contained small perch 

 and crabs. 



This very handsome Stork, the first of the species that I 

 have ever had, was shot just outside the town of Potchefstroom 

 in a swamp where many water-birds are often to be found. 

 It was a solitary specimen. 



383. Mycteria senegalensis, Shaw. African Jabiru. 

 Female, Rustenburg district, 2nd April, 1883. 



This is a rare species with us. The specimen sent was shot 

 near Rustenburg. I do not remember to have ever seen it in 

 the Potchefstroom district. 



Nettapus AURiTUs (Bodd.) . African Dwarf Goose. 



The specimen sent is one of two that were observed in 

 a swamp about a mile from the town of Potchefstroom, 

 This species is of very rare occurrence here, but, being much 

 less shy than most of the water-fowl, it is comparatively easy 

 to shoot it. 



384. [Baza VERREAUxi (Lafr.) . Verreaux's Baza. 



This species was obtained, not unfrequently,.by Mr. Ayres 



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