238 Capt. G. E. Shelley on a Collection of 



yellow; legs gamboge-yellow. Total length in the flesh 

 12"5 inches. 



This bird I shot amongst the high trees not far from the 

 river. 



? , Ganyani river, 18th September. Iris crimson. 



The eggs in the ovary of the latter bird were large ; she 

 would probably have begun to lay in about a week's time. 

 The crop contained a good-sized lizard. 



9. BUTEO DESERTORUM (Daud.). 



(168) ($ , Sikogolo river, 17th January. 



The crop was filled with white ants. The bird seems to be 

 rather local. We saw several on the Hart river, at Spald- 

 ing's; and I have shot them about Potchefstroom in the 

 Transvaal. 



10. Aquila wahlbergi, Sundev. 



(84) c? , Ganyani river, 17th September. Iris hazel; bill 

 horny black, with the basal part bluish ash ; cere and gape 

 very pale greenish yellow ; claws black. Total length in the 

 flesh 21 "5 inches. Crop contained a whole Swallow {Hirundo 

 dimidiata) and a locust. 



It is rather a scarce species in this part of the country. A 

 pair of these birds commenced to build their nest on an 

 upper bough of a large tree on the banks of the Umvuli, just 

 before we left our camp to return southward, in the begin- 

 ning of October. 



11. Haliaetus vocifer (Daud.). 



Mashoona, September and October. Seen, but not procured. 



12. Helotarsus ecaudatus (Daud.). 

 (136) c? , Tatin river, 5th December. 



Tolerably common all along our route from the Transvaal 

 to the Umvuli river. Generally seen sailing along easily 

 overhead far out of shot. 



13. MiLvus ^GYPTius (Gm.). 



Mashoona, September and October. Seen,but not procured. 



