16 Mr. Alwiii ]Iaa<>;ner on 



miles from " BiiffelsJraai." Our l)ag consisted of 78 birds, 

 besides hare and buck. The birds included Guinea-fowl, 

 Korhaan, Pheasant, three species of Francolin, Sandgrouse, 

 and Lapwing. Birds were plentiful, but the avifauna of the 

 bushveld has already been so ably described by Mr. Austin 

 Roberts in the pages of this Journal that I need not enlarge 

 upon it further. I will confine myself solely to the Game- 

 birds and Waterfowl, as some of my notes hereon are of 

 particular interest. 



1. CoLYMBUS CAPENSis. Cape Dabcliick. 



A young fully fledged example was procured at Haak- 

 doornbult, and a few adults were seen (April). 



2. Anas si'ARsa. Black Duck. 



A pair flew over our camp at Buffelsdraai on the Aapies 

 River, uttering their cries, on the evening of the 20th June, 

 and 1 subsequently saw a pair on one of the pools in the 

 Aapies River. 



8. Anas erythrorhyncha. Redbilled Teal. 



In April and May a number of young were found in the 

 pools at Haakdoornbult, and brought to me. They were in 

 various stages of growth from 3'oung day old ducklings to 

 fully fledged birds. Some young ones a couple of weeks old 

 were found in June. 



4. Dendrocygna viduata. White-faced Duck. 



In early May a number of young birds were found and 

 about a dozen captured. Like the i^edbilled Teal they were 

 in all stages of growth. I had not known previously that 

 this bird bred in the Pretoria or Rustenburg Bushveld. 

 When about half grown the red of the chest and the dark 

 vermiculations begin to show, but it is not until they are quite 

 adult that these become at all plain enough for one to be sure 

 of the species. I should say, judging by the birds now in my 

 possession, that they will go another couple of months be- 

 fore getting their full colour — probably till the Spring 

 (October or November). Mr. Sclater (Vol. iv. Birds-Fauna 

 of S. Africa) says nothing is known of its breeding in South 

 Africa. 



