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



26. Cypselus apus (Linn.). 



(181) Matje Umschlope, 22ncl November^, and Dry Hart 

 river, 25tli January. 



About 11 o^clock this morning vre saw a large number of 

 Swifts on their migration towards the south-east. We also 

 saw a few at the Umvuli in September and October, and at 

 Dry Hart river in December and January. 



27. CypsELUs GAFFER, Licht. 



Mashoona, September and October. Seen, but not pro- 

 cured. 



28. Merops nubicoides, Des Murs. 



(78) Umvuli river, 14th September. Matabele name '^In- 

 conjani.^^ 



Appear in considerable numbers about this date. I 

 am told they breed in some of the banks of the rivers in 

 Mashoona laud. In the Rustenburg district of the Trans- 

 vaal they are not uncommon. 



29. Melittophagus bullockoides (Smith). 



(79) Ganyani river, 18th September. 



This Bee-eater apparently makes its appearance here about 

 this time and pairs off for breeding, but not in any great 

 numbers. 



30. Melittophagus pusillus (P. L. S. MiilL). 

 (40) Umvuli river, 11th August. 



Not uncommon about the Umvuli, and now commencing 

 to pair. On our return journey, at the Quae Quae river, we 

 found a nest and eggs on the 20th of October, in the perpen- 

 dicular banks of a small gully, where the birds had pierced a 

 horizontal hole about 18 inches deep, terminating in a small 

 domed chamber with a flat floor, which was only covered with 

 soft sand and the debris of insects. The eggs, four in number, 

 are roundish in shape and of a pure glossy white, measuring 

 0-75 inch by 0'6. 



31. CORACIAS GARRULUS, LiuU. 



(133) ? , Palatswie Pan, 18th December. 



We here met with the only pair we saw during our trip. 



