20i Mr. J. H. Gurney's List of a Collection of Birds 



dog of ours, bitten last year by a snake of this species, died from 

 the effects of the poison in less than an hour. 



Pernis apivorus, Linn. European Honey Pern. 

 The specimen sent is (like that in the previous collection) an 

 adult male ; the stomach contained wasps and crickets. 



BuTEG JACKAL, Daud. Jackal Buzzard. 

 The stomach of the specimen sent contained the remains of 

 frogs. 



AcciPiTER TACHiRO, Daud. Tachiro Hawk. 



The stomach of the specimen sent contained brown crickets. 



AcciPiTER ExiLis, Temm. Red-bellied Hawk. 

 The stomach of the specimen sent contained the remains of 

 small birds. 



Circus ranivorus, Daud. South-African Hai'rier. 



The stomachs of the two specimens sent were filled with field- 

 mice. 



The flight of these specimens was heavy, and they alighted 

 often ; but at other times I have seen birds of this species on 

 the wing for a great length of time, hunting backwards and 

 forwards over a certain piece of ground, or a hill-side. 



Caprimulgus natalensis, Smith. Natal Goatsucker. 



The stomach of the specimen sent was full of large and hard 

 beetles, swallowed whole. These birds roost on the ground 

 amongst the grass ; if disturbed, they fly a short distance and 

 alight again ; they feed only at night, and are fond of frequent- 

 ing roads, or any other bare ground ; they rise from the ground, 

 and catch any beetle or insect that passes, immediately alighting 

 again. 



The flight of this Goatsucker is noiseless ; its note is extremely 

 liquid and mellow ; it builds its nest in the grass, and lays two 

 white eggs. 



Halcyon euscicapilla, Lafr. Brown-hooded Kingfisher. 



Male. Eye dark brown ; bill crimson, black towards the tip ; 

 legs dark red. In its crop beetles and grasshoppers. 



These birds frequent the bush, generally perching on some dead 

 or bare bough, not far from the ground ; they do not take their 



