6 Major R. Sparrow on the Occurrence and 



611. Plectropterus gambensis. (Spur-wingGd Goose.) 

 This bird nests in January and February in Natal. 



597. BuTORiDES ATRICAPILLA. (Green-backed Heron.) 

 Mr. A. D. Millar informs me he had three eggs brought 

 to him, taken on the 7.11.02 from a nest in a mangrove at 

 the head o£ Durban Bay, which he believes to belong to this 

 species. 



615. Dendrocycna viduata. (White-faced Duck.) 

 Mr. A. D. Millar found a nest of this species containing 

 twelve eojTs near the Durban Racecourse on 7.1.97. 



619. Anas undulata. (Geelbek.) 



On the 14.4.02 I found a nest of this Duck containing 

 nine fresh eggs : the nest was on the high veldt near a small 

 spruit, in grass about 1 foot high, in the Harrismith district. 



620. Anas sparsa. (Black Duck.) 



Mr. A. D. Millar found a nest of this Duck containing 

 hard-set eggs near Kopstad, CO., on the 19.8.98. 



It seems as if the S.A. ducks are very irregular as to the 

 months in which they breed, unless they are double-brooded, 

 as I have found full-fledged young in the months one would 

 expect eggs and vice versa. 



623. PCECILONETTA ERYTHRORHYNCHA. (Red-bill.) 



A nest of this species found on the banks of a small spruit 

 near Winburg on 18.8.01 contained seven very hard-set 

 eggs. 



618. Casarca cana. (South African Shelduck.) 

 I saw a pair of this species with several half-fledged young 

 on a dam in the Winburg district, O.R.C., on the 9.9.01. 



629. ViNAGO delalandi. (Delalande's Green Pigeon.) 

 A nest of this species found by Mr. A. D. Millar at 



Inchanga on the 27.12.02 contained one egg and one young 



bird. 



632. CoLUMBA arquatrix. (Olive Pigeon.) 

 This species in the Balgowan district of Natal nests in 

 April and May. 



