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is still shrouded in mystery. We travelled hurriedly, and 

 had no opportunity of collecting and little of observing 

 birds. Except for a flock of Brom-Vogels (Bucorax caffer), 

 marching in a stately manner across an open flat, and a 

 pair of Black Ducks (Anas sparsa), flushed when crossing 

 the Tokwe River, there was little of interest from an 

 ornithological point of view. From Zimbabwe we travelled 

 back to Cape Town, making short stoppages at Serowe 

 (the capital of the Bechuana chief Khama) and at Kimberley. 

 The following is a list of the birds observed at the Victoria 

 Falls or in the immediate neighbourhood. Examples of all 

 of them, except those marked with an asterisk, were secured 

 for the South-African Museum : — 



1 lypbantornis auricapillu^. 



jamesoni. 



Ploceipasser pectoralis. 

 Lagonosticta brmmeiceps. 

 Hypbargus harterti. 

 Estrilda angolensis. 

 Amadina fasciata. 

 Quelea quelea. 

 Vidua principalis. 

 Passer diffusus. 

 ^eriims icterus. 

 Eniberiza flaviventris. 

 Fringillaria tahapisi. 

 Anthus pyrrhonotus. 



— rufulus. 

 Motacilla vidua. 

 Cinnyris mariquensis. 



gutturalis. 



Zosterups anderssoni. 

 Parus xanthostomus. 

 Xilaus brubru. 

 Telephonus senegalus. 



australis. 



Dryoscopus cubla. 



guttatus. 



Laniarius sulphureipectus. 

 Sigmodus tricolor. 

 Prionops talacoma. 

 Crateropus jardinii. 

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Pycnonotus layardi. 

 Chlorocicbla occidentalis. 

 ( listicola ervtbrops. 



cbiniana. 



Saxicola falkensteini. 

 Erythropygia zambesiana. 

 Muscicapa casrulescens. 

 Pacbyprora molitor. 

 Terpsiphone perspicillata. 

 Dicrurus afer. 



Rbinopomastus cyanomelas. 

 Coracias caudatus. 



mossambicus. 



Melittophagus mefidionalis. 



bullockoides. 



Merops nubieoides. 

 Ceryle rudis. 



* maxima. 



Corytbornis cyanostigma. 

 Halcyon orientalis. 

 Colius erytbromelon. 

 Lopboceros melanoleucus. 



erythrorbyuchus. 



Campothera bennetti. 

 Lybius torquatus. 

 Trachypbonus cafer. 

 ( Vntropus senegalensis. 



superciliosus. 



Schizorhis concolor. 



