570 Mr. J. L. Sovvciby on Birds from 



1 i. MoNTicoLA ANGOLEXsis Souza ; Shelley, B. Af'r, i. 

 p. 89 (1896). 



Uueomiiion in tlie district. I only saw two. Sits on a 



dead tree-toj) or other high ])ereh and flutters slowly but 



steadily up at the locusts as they fly over, and then takes 

 its capture to the ground to break it up before returning to 

 its perch. 



15. PiiATiNcoLATOiiQUATA (L.); Shelley, Ibis; 1882; p. 252. 

 Fairly common. Habits much like those of our English 



Stonechat. 



16. Thamnol/Ea subkufipennis Reichen. ; Guy Marshall, 

 Ibis, 1896, p. 242. 



Fairly common in kopjes. Spends a good deal of the day 

 in cracks of the rocks and caves. 



[I suspect that the specimen recorded by Captain Shelley 

 from the Shongo River as T. chmaniomeiventris (Ibis, 1882, 

 p. 251) was really of the present species, — R. B. S.] 



17. Pycnonotus layardi Gurney ; Shelley, Ibis, 1882, 

 p. 250; Guy Marshall, Ibis, 1896, p. 242. 



The commonest bird in the Salisbury district. Frequents 

 kopjes mostly, spending a good part of the heat of the day in 

 cracks and caves. Very cheerful in its ways. 



18. CosMETORNis vExiLLARius (Gould) ; Sliellcy, Ibis, 

 1882, p. 240. 



Not common. I never saw this bird perch on trees when 

 flushed, and after settling on the ground it always shuffles 

 about for a few seconds, possibly to get the conspicuous 

 wing-feathers arranged , 



19. Caprimulgus rufigena Smith ; Hartert, Cat. B. Brit. 

 Mus. xvi. p. 532 (1892). 



Common in bush-veldt. When disturbed from the ground 

 it often settles lengthwise on branches, like the common 

 English species. 



20. Merops apiaster L. ; Guy Marshall, Ibis, 1891), 

 p. 211. 



Very common in the Salisbury district in the hot season, 



