188 Mr. L. B. Mouritz on the 



umkomatsana (" umhlati ") .... Strychnos sp. 



umlugulu Carissa tomentosa. 



uravibi Kigelia sp. 



umvalasangwana Gardinia sp. 



iimvilo Vangueria sp. 



umpahla Brachylcena rhodesiana. 



The native population consists of Matabele ("amandabele") 

 and Makalanga (^'amalioli '^), and where known^ I have 

 inserted the native names with the abbreviation " Sind." for 

 the Sindabele language. It should be noted that in Sinda- 

 bele, which is a dialect of Zulu, the letters *' c," " q " and 

 "■ X " are expressed by clicking sounds made by the tongue 

 being pressed against and withdrawn sharply from the front 

 teeth, roof of mouth_, aTid back teeth respectively; "hi "is 

 j)ractically similar iu sound to the Welsh " 11," The 

 emphasis is almost invariably on the penultimate syllable. 



Througliout the following paper I have adopted Dr. 

 lleiclienow's classification as laid down by Gunning & 

 Haagner in their ''Check-List of South African Birds" 

 (A.nnals Transvaal Museum, vol. xi. 1910), but where this 

 is at variance with Sclater's List ^, I have added the 

 necessary supplementary nomenclature. 



A diesis (J) placed before the specific name denotes that 

 the species has been recorded by myself as occurring in the 

 adjoining Mangwe District (Proc. Rhod. Scient. Assoc, 

 vol. X. 1910, pp. 46-84'), or that there is a specimen from 

 that district in the Rhodesia Museum, Bulawayo. 



1. J Colymbus capensis. Cape Dabchick. 

 Podiclpes capensis (Licht.) ; Scl. iv. p. 513. 



An occasional visitor to the Dam and the Umzingwani 

 River, and also sometimes to be seen on the Malemi and 

 other stieams. 



2. Phalacrocorax africanus. l^eed Cormorant. 



This Cormorant must be very rare as I have only one 

 record — and that of a solitary individual seen in August 

 sitting upright on a rock in a quiet reach of the Malemi 



* Stark and I^clater, Fauna of South Africa, Birds, vols. i-iv. IDOO- 

 ] 'Mi. 



