104 Mr. T. ^Vyres on Trans- Vaal Ornitholoyy. 



201. CEdicnemus capexsts, Licht. Spotted Thicknee. 

 The s])eeimen sent was shot within three miles of the town 



of Potchefstroom. 



202. Sarciophorus albiceps^ Gould. White-crowned Wat- 

 tled Plover (Eraser's 'Zoologia Typica/ pi. 64). 



This is the only bird of the kind I have ever met with ; I 

 shot it in a neighbour's garden ; it is a very rare visitant 

 certainly. 



Total length 12| inches, bill 1^, tarsus 3|, wing 8, tail 4. 



Bill 3^ellow at the base, black at the tip ; wattles at the base 

 of the bill yellow ; iris pearly grey ; tarsi and feet pale yel- 

 lowish ; wings heavily spurred, first and second quills equal 

 and longest ; heel wanting. 



Under plumage, rump, basal half of tail and wings, front, 

 crown, chin, and collar between the back and the neck pure 

 white ; first three primaries and tail much tipped with glossy 

 black; wing-coverts glossy black; scapulars, tertials, and 

 back pale umber-brown ; neck and head ash-colour. 



[This sijceimen, together with several others, was unfor- 

 tunately stolen in transitu from a box sent to me by ]Mr. 

 Ay res ; but the description which he has given of it seems to 

 me to prove that Mr. Ayres's identification of the bii'd was 

 correct. — J. H. G.] 



203. CicoNiA ALBA, Liuu. White Stork. 



This species is a rare visitant ; and though great swarms of 

 locusts visit us every year, the Storks do not seem to follow 

 them hither. The specimen sent was a solitary wanderer 

 stalking about on the open flats a mile out of Potchef- 

 stroom. 



204. Herodia GARZETTA (Linn.). European Lesser Egret. 

 This Egret is pretty common in this district, as is the case 



with the two succeeding species also. 



[The specimen sent was in winter plumage, with the bill 

 yellow— J. H. G.] 



205. Nycticorax ^gyptius (Hasselq.). European Night- 

 Heron. 



