112 Mr. W. L. Sclater o;i 



of the following species. I add references, chiefly to Sharpens 

 edition of Layard^s 'Birds of South Africa/ and some field- 

 notes of the collectors. 



1. Bias musicus (Vieill.) : Sliarpe, ed. Layard's B. of 

 S. Africa, p. 337. 



2. Erythrocercus francisci Sclater fil.. Bull. B. O. C. 

 vii. p. Ix (1898). 



3. Macronyx croceus (Vieill,). 



Macronyx striolatus Sharpe, ed. Layard's B. of S. Africa, 

 p. 532. 



4. Pyromelana minor (Reichenb.). 

 Pyromelana capensis Sharpe, op. cit. p. 463. 



5. Hyphantornis subaureus (Smith) : Sharpe, op. cit. 

 p. 438. 



6. EuRYSTOMUs AFER (Lath.) : Sharpe, op. cit. p. 106. 



7. Merops natalensis Reichenb. 



Merops nubicoides Sharpe, op. cit. p. 99, pi. iv. fig. 2. 



8. CucuLUs soLiTARius (Stcph.) : Sharpe, op. cit. p. 149. 



9. GuTTERA EDouARDi (Hartl.) : Grant, Cat. B. xxii. 

 p. 382. 



Nuniida cristata Sharpe, ed. Layard's B. of S. Africa, 

 p. 586. 



'' S . Bana Point, Inhambane, 2/9/98. 



" This Guinea-fowl, which frequents thick bush, is fairly 

 common throughout Gazaland. It is wary and difficult of 

 approach. The iris is bright blood-red ; the bare parts on 

 the neck and head are shining leaden black ; the loose flap 

 of skin on the neck behind the head is dirty bluish white." — 

 H. F. F. 



10. Pternistes humboldti Peters : Sharpe, op. cit. p. 589; 

 Grant, Cat. B. xxii. p. 176. 



a. (J. ''Lake Barana, 3 miles west of Inhambane; iris 

 dark hazel. 



" This bird is very plentiful and common ; I have observed 

 it as far as I have been in this district— viz. 50 miles north of 



