Nesting of some South African Birds. 7. 



638. TuRTUR SENEGALENSis. (Laughing Dove.) 



This Dove nests in August and September in the O.R.C. 



639. Q]]na capensis. (Namaqua Dove.) 



I found nests of this Dove in the O.R.C. in Aug., Sept., 

 and Nov., and in Natal in Nov. and also in Feb. My ex- 

 perience is that their eggs are invariably cream-coloured and 

 not white as stated in vol. iii. 



642. Haplopelia larvata. (Lemon Dove.) 

 I took a fresh clutch of the eggs of this Dove at Balgowan, 

 Natal, on 20.2.04. 



646. Pteroclurus namaqua. (Namaqua Sandgrouse.) 

 The normal number of eggs in a clutch is three, and I 

 found fresh eggs between 6.8.01 and 4.9.01. 



663. NuMiDA coronata. (Common Guinea Fowl.) 



I found a clutch of twenty eggs, on which only one bird 



was sitting, at Highlands, Natal, on 27.12.03 : the eggs were 



hard-set. 



685. FuLiCA cristata. (Red-knobbed Coot.) 

 Mr. A. D. Millar found a nest of this Coot near Dundee 

 on 1.6.03 containing; six egos. 



687. Bugeranus carunculatus. (Wattled Crane.) 



I found a nest of this Crane in a dam at Hidcot, Mooi 



River, containing one fresh egg, on the 2.5.04 ; the nest was 



a large pile of weeds in about 2 feet of water. 



689. Balearica regulorum. (Crowned Crane.) 



A clerical error in vol. iv. says I took eggs of this Crane 



" near Mooi River in May " ; it should read Dannhauser in 



February. 



692. Otis afroides. (White-quilled Knorhaan.) 

 I found several clutches of fresh and incubated eggs near 

 the Modder River, O.R.C, in Aug. '01, and again fresh and 

 incubated eggs near Lindley, O.R.C, in the middle of 

 Dec. '01. It may therefore be presumed that this species 

 rears two broods a year. 



