112 Mr. W. L. Sclater — Ornithological 



Hammerkops (Scopus vmbretta) were also very common, 

 and at a distance were not easily distinguished from the 

 Hadadahs. 



After staying eight days in our camp we returned to 

 Livingstone, where I left Drury for a few days more, and 

 proceeded to Bulawayo. 



A day was spent in making an excursion to the Khami ruins, 

 about fourteen miles from Bulawayo ; these are probably of 

 similar origin to those of Zimbabwe, which we subsequently 

 visited, but are not in so good a state of preservation. Except 

 for a flock of Guinea-fowls and a pair of Coqui Francolins 

 noticed on our way back, very few birds were observed. 

 Another two days were devoted to the World's View, where 

 Mr. Rhodes' s grave is situated, on the top of a smooth granite 

 kopje in the Matoppo Hills ; but here, too, I was somewhat 

 disappointed in the number of birds. The large White- 

 necked Raven (Corvultur albicollis) was very numerous, 

 however, about the hotel ; it was exceedingly tame and 

 familiar, and appeared to be living on scraps picked up near 

 the kitchen door. In no other part of Africa have I seen 

 this species so abundant and so tame. 



Running about among the rocks I also observed the White- 

 shouldered Bush-Chat (ThaiAnolcea cinnamomeiventris) , a 

 species that I had never before met with, while Drongos 

 and Kites were just as numerous as about the Falls. 



Mr. Marshall Hole, whose house in the suburbs of Bula- 

 wayo I visited, has a large aviary containing a number of 

 seed-eating birds ; among these 1 w r as very much astonished 

 to see a pair of Cut-throat Weaver-birds (Amuclina fasciata) , 

 which I understood from him had been caught locally. 

 This species, so far as I am aware, has never before been found 

 south of the Zambesi, and is, therefore, new to our fauna. 

 According to Reichenow (Vogel Afrikas, iii. p. 147"), it has 

 not been recorded in the east south of Dar-es- Salaam in 

 German East Africa. 



Leaving Bulawayo on the 28th of September, we proceeded 

 by rail and road to Zimbabwe, in order to see the ruins 

 of the great temple and hill-fort, the true history of which 



