ILLUSTRATIONS 



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(I) Cape Robin Chat, or Jan Fredric ; (2) Cape Ground Robin ; 



(3) Noisy Robin Chat, or Piet-Myn-Vrouw - - 31 

 (i) The Paradise Fly-Catcher; (2) South African Hoopoe - 36 

 (i) European Bee-Eater, or Berg Zwaluw ; (2) Carmine- 

 Throated Bee-Eater ----- 40 



Rufous-Cheeked Night Jar - - - . - 44 

 (i) The Malachite Kingfisher; (2) Brown-Hooded or Bush 



Kingfishers ------ 40 



(i) Giant Kingfisher ; (2) Pied Kingfisher " - - 53 



The Coly : Mouse Bird, or Muis Vogel - - - - 57 



Ground Hornbill ------- 62 



(i) The Crowned Hornbill, or Toucan ; (2) Trumpeter Hornbill 69 



(i) Narina Trogon, or Bosch Lourie ; (2) Meyer's Parrot - J2> 



Ground Woodpeckers ------ 78 



(i) Cardinal Woodpecker ; (2) South African Wryneck - 83 



Sparrman's Honey Guide, Male and Female - - - 88 



(i) Didric Cuckoo, Male; (2) Female; (3) Emerald Cuckoo - 93 



(i) Black and Grey Cuckoo ; (2) Great Spotted Cuckoo - 98 



(i) Levaillant's Cuckoo ; (2) Black-Crested Cuckoo - - 103 



Burchell's Coucal, or Vlei Lourie - - - - 108 



The Lourie, or Plantain Eater - - - - - 113 



Verreaux's Eagle Owl - - - - . - 121 



The Spotted Eagle Owl - - - - - - 127 



The Grass Owl - - - - - . - 132 



The Barn Owl - - - - . . - 138 



(i) Woodford's Owl ; (2) The White-Faced Owl ; (3) The Cape 



Scops Owl - - - - - - - 145 



The Martial Eagle - - - - - -151 



(i) The Little Sparrow Hawk ; (2) The Black-Shouldered Kite, 



or Witte Sperwel - - - - - - i57 



Black-Shouldered Kite - - - - - - 163 



Jackal Buzzard - - - - - - - 169 



The Secretary Bird - - - - - - ^75 



Young Secretary Birds - - - - - - 181 



Kolbe's A'ulture, or Aasvogel - - - - - 186 



Cormorant, or Trek Duiker - - - - - 191 



A Breeding Colony of Malagashes, or Cape Gannets - - i95 



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