200 Mr. F. A. Barratt's Notes on the Birds 



titles about the mimosa thorns, and their call could be heard 

 the whole day. I have also shot them at Rustenberg, Pot- 

 chefstroom, and Pretoria. 



30. CoCCYSTES GLAXDARIUS. 



I shot this bird in November 1874, on the Modder river, 

 also near Potchefstroom. They are more shy than C. ja- 

 cobinus. 



31. CoCCYSTES JACOBINUS. 



These birds seem to have a pretty general range ; for I found 

 them on the Modder and Vaal rivers, at Potchefstroom, and 

 Rustenberg ; and I think I saw two in the bush near Pretoria. 

 I have shot them in December, January, and February. They 

 seem to be more common than C. glandar'ms and the other 

 Cuckoos ; at least it was so in IS/^ and 1875 at Potchef- 

 stroom and through the Transvaal. 



32. POGONORHYNCHUS TORQUATUS. 



I have observed these birds near Pretoria and in Kaffraria. 

 I shot several near Rustenberg, where they abound, especially 

 about the fruit gardens ; they have a harsh disagreeable note. 



33. PoGONORHYNCHUS LEUCOMELAS. 



I have often seen this Barbet in the Transvaal, and have 

 also received it from Marico. It appears to feed on fruit 

 and berries. 



34. Trachyphonus cafer. 



This remarkable-looking bird I first observed in the bush 

 under the mountains at Rustenberg, where I shot one from 

 a tree, only wounding it, when it ran away on the ground. I 

 secured it after some trouble. 



35. Dendropicus cardinalis. 



I have seen a few of these birds and shot one on the Rhi- 

 noster river, south of the Vaal, and have also received it 

 from Marico. 



36. Dendropicus menstruus. 



I have received this species from Marico, in the Transvaal ; 

 and 1 have seen it at the Macamac Gold-fields, near Rusten- 



