THE I B 1 8 



SEVENTH SERIES. 



No. XXII. APRIL 1900. 



XIII. — Notes on Mashonaland Birds. 

 By Guy A. K. Marshall, F.Z.S. 



The ornithology of Mashonaland appears to have received 

 comparatively little attention since our veteran ornithologist 

 Mr. Thomas Ayres, of Potchefstroom, accompanied the 

 Jameson expedition down the Umfuli river nearly 20 years 

 ago, and I therefore venture to oflfer a somewhat fuller list 

 of the birds of this country, as the result of intermittent 

 observations since 1893. The list, however, does not profess 

 to be by any means complete, for, apart from the fact that 

 I am unable to obtain access to the necessary books of 

 reference, it is evident that there must be a considerable 

 number of species still unrecorded, owing to the limited area 

 that has been thoroughly searched. But the present paper 

 may, perhaps, be useful as a basis for future workers. 



The great majority of the birds here mentioned have been 

 obtained in the neighbourhood of Salisbury, which has been 

 fairly well worked, thanks to the assistance of my friend 

 Mr. C. F. M. Swynnerton, who has devoted a good deal of 

 time to the subject during the past year. Apart from this, 

 I made a small collection on the Middle Umfuli in 1895, and 

 have also obtained a few examples about the township of 

 Mazoe, some 25 miles north of Salisbury. In the other 

 portions of Mashonaland which I have visited, I have merely 



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