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1906 amongst the sedge in tlie pools near Cliihahava, -which 

 T have already had frequent occasion to mention. 



266. Balearica regulorum. Crowned Crane. 



Rh. About a year ago one of these handsome Cranes 

 was brought to me alive from the Sabi by a native, but 

 unfortunately — for they make excellent pets — it had been 

 too maltreated to survive. This species is stated to be 

 numerous on the Sabi. 



267. CEdicnemus capensis. Dikkop. 



P. I noted one of these birds in December near the mouth 

 of the Buzi. In a specimen which I obtained in Mashona- 

 land in June 189S the bill was bLack with a yellow base, the 

 feet were gamboge, changing to olive-green on the front of 

 the tarsus and the upper surface of the toes, and the irides 

 gamboge. 1 used to meet with them occasionally in the 

 open " vleis " about Salisbury and usually found them very 

 confiding and easy of approach. 



I have a note to the effect that the Chizwina (Mashona) 

 name is '' Kanyitrura-howe." 



268. CuRsoRius temmincki. Temminck's Courser. 



Rh. Odendaal has recently sent me a specimen of this 

 Courser, a female, obtained by him nearChirinda onMay 28th, 

 1907. It measured 8 inches in the flesh. Bill, upper 

 mandible and point of lower blackish, rest of lower pale 

 creamy white. Irides dark sepia ; feet dirty white, darker 

 on toes. 



269. Rhinoptilus chalcopterus. Bronze-wing Courser. 

 P. I shot one of these Coursers, an immature bird in the 



plumage of R. albofasciatus , on Nov. 26th, 1906, in the flats 

 near Chimbuya. It w^as a solitary individual and rose at our 

 approach, but settled again at once and ran. The bill was 

 blackish, the gape and the base of the lower mandible salmon- 

 pink. The eyelids were the same but tinged slightly with 

 orange, and the shanks were salmon, tinged with grey on the 

 tarsi and especially the toes. The irides were dark brown. 



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