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(C. caudatufi) at rortuslier in 1908, and I more than once 

 saw parties of half-a-dozen or so in the hills — a thing I 

 have never seen in any other district — but I did not notice 

 it at all later, 



98. Bucorvus cafer. Ground Ilornbill. 

 Bucorax cafer (Boc); Scl. iii. p. 10.2. 

 Sind. " insingisi/'' 



The " Bromvogel/' as it is called by the Dutch, is not 

 uncommon in certain localities^ but is at all times rather 

 local in its distribution. It; is one of our earliest birds to 

 call in the morning, although sometimes beaten by the 

 Redwing, but its deep booming note is seldom heard much 

 after sunrise in the Matopos. It is extremely hard to 

 determine how far this note will carry, but I am of opinion 

 that on a quiet, still morning these birds inay be heard 

 almost two miles distant. During the heat of tlie day, this 

 Hornbill usually frequents the shady situations on kopjes, 

 but on the 6th of September — a very hot day — I saw one in 

 the open valley close to Mpimbo's kraal. 



99. X Lophoceros nasutus epirhinus. South-African Grey 

 Hornbill. 



Lophoceros epirhinus (Sund.); Scl. iii. p. 114. 



Sind. "^mkoro." 



Common and resident. Early in September I saw one of 

 these birds investigating a hole in an "umhlonhlo," and 

 have little doubt that it eventually nested therein. I believe 

 L. melanoleucus also occurs more rarely, but have been 

 unable to obtain specimens. 



100. X Halcyon albiventris. Brown-hooded Kingfisher. 

 Resident and not uncommon within the hills, Avhere it is 



frequently found round the bases of kopjes and in well- 

 wooded kloofs. 



101. J Halcyon swainsoni. Grey-hooded Kingfisher. 



In 1908 I found this Kingfisher somewhat plentiful in 

 the hills about Fortnsher, hut I have no notes of its 

 occurrence later. 



