146 Mr. E. C. Chubb on the Birds of 



27. Ardetta payesi. 



Ardetta payesi Stark & Scl. Birds S. Afr. iv. p. 86. 

 a. ? . Jan. 11, 1908. 



28. Dendrocycna a'iduata. 



Dendrocygna viduata Stark & Scl. Birds S. Afr. iv. p. 124. 

 a. $ . April 1, 1908. " Idada.'' 



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29. Phalacrocorax africanus. 



Phalacrocorax africanus Stark & Scl. Birds S. Afr. iv. p. 9. 

 I have seen this bird several times at the Waterworks. 



30. Plotus rufus. 



Flatus rufus Stark & Scl. Birds S. Afr. iv. p. 13. 

 %. ? . Feb. 29, ] 908. 

 This specimen was shot while in company with one other 

 at the Waterworks. 



31. Serpentarius secretarius. 



Serpentarius secretarius Stark & Scl. Birds S. Afr. iii. 

 p. 402. 



" Udwai.'' 



Occasionally seen near the town, usually in pairs. A nest 

 was found about four miles east of Bulawayo on July 20, 1908. 

 It was a loose platform of sticks, about twenty feet from 

 the ground, in a tree known to the natives as '^umlaladwai^' 

 (literally, " tlie sleeping-place of the Secretary Bird ") . In 

 the nest were the remains of a large snake and a pellet of 

 fur; while on the ground beneath were found the skulls 

 of a wild cat and a meerkat with numerous bones of hares. 

 I examined the stomach of a female that had been shot as 

 it left the nest and found therein bones and fur of mice, 

 a large lizard and several small ones, and also a quantity of 

 locusts. 



32. Gyps kolbii. 



Gyps kolbii Stark & Scl. Birds S. Afr. iii. p. 383. 

 " Ilinqi." 



I saw a number of what I took to be these birds feeding 

 on the carcase of a horse on the Commonage in March 1907. 



