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90. Francolinus nudicollis. 



I procured this bird in the district of Lydenburg and in 

 Chalumna district, British Kaffraria, always in the thick bush, 

 where their loud cackling note is heard during the greater part 

 of the early morning. 



91. Francolinus natalensis. 



I shot one near Rustenberg in the thick brushwood : it 

 ran rapidly for some time before we could get a shot at it. 



92. Francolinus swainsoni. 



This species I observed on my route between Lydenburg 

 and the Gold-fields. They appear to be fond of water, espe- 

 cially small streams, where they are found at early morn. 

 At night they frequent the dead brushwood, and the open 

 in the daytime. I am not certain whether I observed them 

 on my trip to Rustenberg ; but I have received specimens 

 from Macamac. 



93. Anthropoides stanleyanus. 



The Stanley Crane is generally distributed throughout the 

 Transvaal and Free State ; and I have met with it in great 

 quantities between Bloemfontein and Potchefstroom. In the 

 winter I have seen as many as fifty in a flock, besides many 

 more in the neighbouring vleys ; they are difficult to ap- 

 proach, but they can be shot with a rifle. They breed in the 

 reeds, and I have received eggs from the district of Potchef- 

 stroom. Their long drooping feathers are readily bought by 

 traders from up the country, who sell or exchange them to 

 the native tribes. They become very tame in confinement, 

 and will eat out of the hand, and follow one about. I have 

 never shot them further north than within a few miles 

 south of Lydenburg. 



94. Balearica regulorum. 



In the district of Potchefstroom this bird is not at all un- 

 common. I have seen them between Bloemfontein, Potchef- 

 stroom, and Pretoria. In the winter they may be seen half 

 a dozen together ; but in the time of nidification they are only 

 found in pairs. I have never found two pairs breeding to- 



