3G4' Capt. (j. E. Shelley on a Cul lection of 



198. AttDEA BUBULcus, Savigii. 



(103) ^ , Spalding^s, Hart river, 7th February. 



This was a solitary bird feeding amongst the high rushy 

 grasses of a swamp. We now and again saw a flock feeding, 

 as they often do, amongst the herds of cattle. At the Tati 

 river in December we saw a small flock. About Potchef- 

 stroom, in the Transvaal, it is common. 



199. Ardetta atricapilla (Afzel.). 



(29) Umvuli river, 10th September, and Quae Quae river, 

 25th October. Adult female — iris yellow ; darker towards 

 the outer edge; bill, upper mandible horny black, under 

 mandible greenish yellow ; bare skin before and round the 

 eye yellow ; tarsi and feet yellow, with the upper surface light 

 yellowish brown. Total length in the flesh 18 inches. 



On the Umvuli we found the species solitary and rare, Imt 

 met with a family party on the Quae Quae amongst dense 

 reeds and low trees in the bed of a small stream. 



200. Ardetta sturmi (Wagl.). 



(153) ^ , Kooroomoorooi Pan, 2nd January. Iris brownish 

 lake ; bill black, with the bare skin at the base light green ; 

 the bare skin round the eye dusky blue -, tarsi and feet chrome- 

 yellow, sufl'used with dusky brown. Total length in the 

 flesh 16 inches. The crop contained water-snails and frogs. 



We saw three on the pan, which, on being disturbed, 

 lighted on some of the low overhanging trees before taking 

 their final departure. 



201. Nycticorax griseus (Linn.). 

 (107) Tnshlangeen river, 4th November. 



We here shot an adult female and a young male, the only 

 birds of the kind we saw during our journey. In the Trans- 

 vaal they appear to be commoner than to the northward. 



202. Scopus umbretta, Gm. 



Mashoona, September and October. Seen, but not 

 procured. 



203. CicoNiA abdimii, Licht. 



(171) cJ, Makara river, 22nd January; and ^ , Spalding's 



