during a journey to the Matabili Country. 375 



Nectarinia talatala. Smith. 

 S ? • Bamangwato, October 1873. 

 Beak and legs black ; iris dark hazel. 

 Common in the Bamangwato districts, where they are gene- 

 rally to be seen in pairs. 



Parisoma subc^ruleum (Gm.). 



? . Transvaal, July 3rd, 1873. 



Beak black ; legs black ; iris white. 



A very common species from Natal to the Matabili land. 

 It creeps and hops about the bushes, never flying far at a 

 time. 



Batis capensis (L.), Sharpe, Ibis, 1873, p. 161. 

 S- Natal, May 17th, 1873. 

 Beak and legs black ; iris orange. 

 Only seen on this occasion. 



Batis molitor (Halm & Kiist.), Sharpe, I.e. p. 166. 



^ . Bamangwato, November 5th, 1873. 



Beak and legs black ; iris lemon yellow. 



A common species from the Transvaal up to the Matabili 

 country. They are generally seen in pairs ; and in the stomach 

 of one I found the remains of locusts. 



COTYLE PALUDICOLA (V.). 



? . Pietermaritzburg, Natal, May 3rd, 1873. 

 Beak and legs black ; iris dark hazel. 



Obtained out of a flock, near a small stream ; there is no 

 diflerence in their appearajice from the common Sand Martin. 



CoTYLE CINCTA (Bodd.). 



^ . Drakenberg, Natal, December 19th, 1873. 



Beak and legs black ; iris dark hazel. 



A summer migrant apparently, as I only saw them on our 

 return journey ; they were not particularly abundant, a few 

 pairs only being seen together in this one spot. 



Dicrurus musicus, v. 



(J . Transvaal, July 1st, 1873. 



Beak and legs black ; iris dark red. 



Verv common from the north of Pretoria into the Matabili 



