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42. BucoRVus CAFFER (Schleg.) . 



43. Toccus FLAviROSTRis (Riipp.) . 



44. Upupa africana, Bechst. 



Mashoona^ September and October. Seen^ but not pre- 

 served. 



45. IrRISOR ERYTHRORHYNCHUS (Lath.). 



(59) Umvuli river, 18th August. Matabele name "In- 

 shlaza.^^ 



This is not at all an uncommon bird in the parts of Ma- 

 shoona land we visited, and appears to be widely distributed 

 throughout the wooded parts of South Africa. 



46. ScHizoRHis CONCOLOR (Swaius.) . 



(14) Limpopo river, Transvaal, 20tli May. Iris dark slate- 

 colour ; bill black ; tarsi and feet purplish black. 



These Plantain -eaters are common in the Rustenburg dis- 

 trict and along the Limpopo, and are by no means uncommon 

 in Mashoona land, in August, September, and October, when 

 they feed upon the various berries and fruits, and are by no 

 means bad eating. 



47. CucuLUs GULARis, Stepli. 

 (90) Umvuli river, 2nd October. 



These Cuckoos arrive here about the middle of September 

 in considerable numbers, when their motonous koo, koo, is to 

 be heard all over the country. From there being no diflFer- 

 ence in the cadence of the two notes, the song may be readily 

 distinguished from that of Cuculus canorus. I at first took 

 it for that of the Hoopoe, until I saw the bird in the act of 

 calling. In October the birds were often in threes or fours, 

 chasing each other about, and frequently came within range; 

 but when solitary the bird is difficult to approach. They seem 

 to be liberally distributed through South Central Africa; and 

 at Kanye, in Sechele^s country, they were plentiful ni January. 



48. Chrysococcyx cupreus (Bodd.j. 

 (93) (^ > Umvuli river, 6th October. 



The peculiar note of this Cuckoo I heard for the first time 

 today, and secured the bird. I su))sequeutly heard them 



