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them out of Mashoona lancl_, and did not see any after leaving 

 the Quae Quae. 



188. ffinicNEMUs CAPENSis, Licht. 



(112) S s Matje Umschlope, 14th November; and ^ , Spal- 

 dingSj Hart river^ 4th February. 



This species is to be found throughout all the parts of 

 South Africa I have visited. 



189. Rhinoptilus bicinctus (Temm.). 



(167) Siklogolo river^ 17tli January, and Spalding^s, Hart 

 river^ 27th January and 2nd February. The crop contained 

 white ants. 



They are rather local birds. I have shot them about Pot- 

 chefstroomj in the Transvaal. 



190. ChETTUSIA COBONATA (Gm.). 



(180) Spalding's, Hart river, 4th February. 



Plentiful about here in flocks of some twenty individuals. 



191. HopLOPTERUs sPECiosus (Licht.) . 

 (169) $ , Great Chine Pan, 19th January. 



It is not nearly so plentiful here as in some parts of the 

 Transvaalj especially along the Mooi river. 



192. LoBIVANELLUS LATERALIS (Smith). 



193. Balearica regulorum (Licht.). 



194. Grus carunculatus (Gm.). 



195. Grus paradisea (Licht.). 



196. Ardea GOLIATH, Tcmm. 



Mashoona, September and October. Seen, but not 

 procured. 



197. Ardea intermedia, Wagl. 



(64) Spalding's, Hart river, 1st February. Matabele name 

 " Intarga.'' Iris pale yellow j bare skin round the eye and 

 base of the bill pale greenish yellow ; bill bright gamboge- 

 yellow; legs and feet black. 



A pair of these Egrets were met with on the swampy 

 banks of the river, which was in flood, flying lazily up and 

 down the stream to their favourite feeding-haunts. 



