SYSTEMATIC LIST OF THE BIRDS 

 OF SOUTH AFRICA 



Order I.— PASSERES, OR PERCHING BIRDS 



, This order co7nprises more than half of the livhig birds) 



Family I. — ^Corvidce 



Geniu I. — Corvultur 



1. White-necked Raven. 



Ring-hals. 



(f^orvultur albicollis.) 



Ge7iMs II. — CorvMS 



1. Pied Crow. 



Bonte Kraai. 



(Corvus scapulatMs}) 



2. Black Crow. 

 Koren-land Kraai. 



{Corvus capeitsis.) 



Family II. — Sturnidae 



Subfamily I. — Buphagin^ 

 Genus I. — Buphaga 

 1. Yellow-billed Oxpecker. 



Tick Bird ; Rhinoceros Bird ; Rhinaster Vogel ; 

 Umblanda (Matabili). 

 africana}) 



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