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be present on Sept. 17th, when the Petrels first make their 

 appearance ; and again, on another occasion, when they come 

 back to lay their eggs. An all-night watch will surely elicit 

 facts worthy of observation at these periods. 



XIX. — Further Notes on the Birds of Zululand. 

 By R. B. and J. D. S. Woodward. 



Our journey in Zululand of 1894-95 was described in a 

 previous communication to 'The Ibis' (see Ibis, 1897, 

 pp. 400-422). On the 24th February, 1896, we re-entered 

 Zululand, this time leaving our cart and oxen behind ; it 

 being our intention to visit the " fly-country " in the Lu- 

 bombo district, where cattle will not live. Meeting a 

 transport-carrier, who was taking two waggons with corn to 

 sell beyond the Black Umfolosi, where the natives were very 

 short of food, we made arrangements with him to convey us 

 on to the Umgome forest, just within the boundary of the 

 Transvaal and a portion of the country obtained by the 

 Boers from Dinizulu after the war. We went to Eshowe by 

 the new waggon-road, and leaving that town we soon reached 

 the Umhlatoosi, the valley of which looked scorched up, and 

 commenced the big hill on the far side — the Avorst hill we 

 have seen in Zululand, though the road is kept in good repair. 

 We saw some patches of good corn on these high lands which 

 had escaped the ravages of the locusts : the crops not having 

 been completely destroyed, as was the case in the valleys. 

 Passing through Melmoth and wading the Infule, a tributary 

 of the Umhlatoosi, we shortly after sighted the Umfolosi, 

 and, descending its long hill, crossed over and outspanned 

 three miles beyond. The river was very low on account of 

 the drought. Ascending another bad hill and crossing 

 grassy highlands, where our driver shot a steinbok, we 

 reached the Umbegamusa drift, also dried up, and came to a 

 halt at the old camping-ground. We then went on to the 

 Ivuna store, and thence up to the Nongoma heights, where 

 the Magistracy is situated. In the distance we could see 



