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the old holes ; Meatlily and Towanui^ the same, but in the 

 former the water lies rather deeper ; Lotsani, uncertain, and 

 not to be got by digging, just before we were there a shower 

 had filled up one or two holes ; Palatzi, a water-hole below 

 the road, also uncertain; Serule, generally water, but at a 

 great depth, it has a most unpleasant smell, which seems to 

 go off after a time ; Gooqui, water close to the road ; Lotla- 

 kani, no water ; Skribe, Mackloetze, and Shashai, water to be 

 had easily by digging ; Tatti, water some distance down the 

 river from the road ; Ramaqueban, water near the road, to 

 be had by digging ; Imquisi, Avater to be got by digging, but 

 rather deep ; Dry River, water very deep down, we got ours 

 out of some holes dug by elephants ; Samouqui, water in plenty. 

 The nomenclature adopted for the Accipitres is that of 

 Mr. Sharpens recently published ' Catalogue of Birds in the 

 British Museum, vol. i. (1874) : that for the other families 

 is taken from the same geutleman^s ' Catalogue of African 

 Birds' (1871), or Mr. Layard's 'Birds of South Afi-ica' 

 (1867), unless stated to the contrary. 



Gyps kolbii (Daud.). 



Not a very common species, and I never saw more than a 

 pair together. They frequent wooded districts and breed in 

 trees. After much diflSculty and tearing my cloths and hands, 

 I took an e^^ out of a large nest in a mimosa-tree from which 

 the hen flew oft". ' I fired at her, but, as she went some dis- 

 tance before dropping, I did not get her. The egg resembles 

 that of V. cinereus. 



Gyps rueppelli, Brehm. 



Extremely common from Natal up to the Matabili country. 

 On the high veldt of the Transvaal they seem to understand 

 that the report of a rifle means something to eat ; and while 

 skinning an animal I have had a cloud of these birds waiting 

 about one hundred yards off until I finished and left them 

 the carcass. 



Neophron percnopterus (L.). 



I saw a few of these birds ; but they were very scarce in 

 comparison with the Griffons. 



