386 Mr. T. E. Buckley on Birds obsei'ved 



EuPODOTis RUFiCRisTA (Smith). 



a, S • Transvaal^ July 6th, 1873. 



Upper mandible black, lower one yellowish white ; legs 

 greenish yellow ; iris light stone-colour. 



This Bustard is common from the north of the Transvaal to 

 the Matabili country, and is a bush-loving species. It breeds 

 about October or November, and lays either one or two eggs. 



NuMiDA coRNUTA, Fiuscli & Hartl. Vcig. O.-Afr. p. 569 

 (1870). 



Very common from the Limpopo to the Bamangwato 

 district ; and on one occasion I must have seen about two 

 hundred on the wing together. Tn the evening they come to 

 the water-holes to drink, and roost in the trees close by. They 

 are capital eating. 



Francolinus subtorquatus. Smith. 



a, c? . Bamangwato, July 29th, 1873. 



Beak black, yellow at base of under mandible ; legs yellow ; 

 iris light brown. 



Found in Natal and the Transvaal, and fairly common up 

 to the Matabili country, but, from the extreme difficulty in 

 flushing them, not often seen. When once up, however, they 

 go off as quickly as a Partridge in November. 



Francolinus swainsoni, Smith. 



First met with two or three days north of Pretoria, and 

 thence common in all suitable localities into the Matabili 

 country ; this is the bird called " Pheasant " by the colo- 

 nists. In the older males the throat is bare for an inch or 

 more, and is of a dirty red colour. These birds are gene- 

 rally found in coveys ; they are very quick runners, and it 

 requires a good deal of exertion on one^s part to flush them. 



"Francolinus pileatus. Smith. . 



a, d ■ Mackloetze river, Bamangwato, August 16th, 1873. 



Beak black ; legs light red ; iris dark hazel. 



Very common, going about in coveys ; in the evening they 

 may be heard calling in all directions from the trees. Found 

 from the Limpopo up to the Matabili country. 



