The birds of Keiskama Hoek. 



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Order — Picariae, 

 Familv — Caprimulgidae. 



C. riifigena. — Rufous checked 

 night jar. 



Family — Cypselidae. 

 C. apus. — Common swift. 

 C. caffer. — S. A. white 

 rumped swift. 



Family — Alcedinidae. 



A. semitorqiiata. — Half col- 

 lared kingtisher. 



Halcyon albiventris. — Brown 

 hooded kingfisher. 



Family — Bucerotidae. 

 Biicorax caffer. — S. A. 

 Ground Hornbill. 



Tockus erythrorhvnchtis. — 

 Red-billed Hornbill. 



Family — Upupidae. 



U. africana. — S. A. Hoopoe. 



Family — Musophagidae. 

 Corythaix tnusophaga. — 

 White crested plantain eater. 



Family — Cuculidae. 

 Chrysococcyx ciipreus. — 

 Golden cuckoo. 



Family — Picidae. 

 Dendropicus cardinalis. — 

 Cardinal Woodpecker. 



Populär natnes, remarks, etc. 



Most frequent in and 

 near village. 



Frequent, by river. 



Constantly in gardens, 

 etc., feeding on grass- 

 hoppers and similar insects. 



»Wild Turkey«. On 

 veldt or cultivated ground 

 feeding on lizards etc. 



Occasional garden visi- 

 tor, eating fruit. 



Occasional, among mi- 

 mosa bush. 



" Lory ". Seen only where 

 fruit flinges the area- 

 unable to fly far, caught 

 by.being driven from bush 

 on to open veldt. 



Near forest, occasional. 



Scarce. Near edge of 

 forest. 



