the Birds of St. Lucia Lake, Zulnland. 525 



fet ding-gvound beyond the drift. Their cry is loud and harsh. 

 They looked very picturesque, flying over the lake in their 

 accustomed wedge-like formation. 



Phoenicopterus minor. (South African Flamingo.) 

 Phamicopterus erythrcjeus, Sharpe, ed. Layard's B. S. Afr. 



]). 744. 



This bird was fairly plentiful, but kept well out of range 



of our fowling-pieces. Mr. Lindfield, of the Mission, shot one 



with his rifle, which we preserved. 



Phalacrocorax africanus. (Long-tailed Cormorant.) 



Op. cit. p. 781. 



We found this bird very tame, generally sitting on stumps 

 of trees in the water, often with its wings spread out to dry. 

 On the opposite side of the Lake there was a colony of them 

 nesting in the month of June. 



P. lucidus (op. cit. p. 779) was also abundant and had the 

 same habits. 



Plotus LEVAiLLANTi. (African Darter.) 

 Op. cit. p. 782. 



Tliis bird was constantly seen swimming on the water, with 

 its head and neck only visible. 



Parra africaxa. (African Jacana.) 



Op. cit. p. 648. 



Very commou. They seem to be generally engaged chasing 

 each other through the air, or running over the flat leaves of 

 the blue lotus. 



We also saw Black Rails [Limnocorax Jiiger), Purple 

 Gallinules {Porjjhyrio smaragdonotus), two sorts of Ibises 

 {Ibis (Bthiopica and Geronticus hagedash), and many Ducks, 

 besides Plovers aud Sandpipers. 



