8 On the Occurrence S^'c. of some South, African Birch. 



700. Otis barrowi. (Barrow's Knorhaan.) 

 This Bustard is scarce in the N.E. part of O.R.C., except 

 in the Lindley district, where it is fairly plentiful. I found 

 a nest containing three eggs just hatching on 9.12.01 near 

 Lindley. 



695. Otis ludwigii. (Ludwig's Paauw.) 



I found a young bird of this species about ten days old 

 near Newcastle on 27.10.02. The old hen ran up to within 

 10 yards of me with her wings scraping the ground like a 

 cock turkey showing off. 



G97. Otis melanogaster. (Black-bellied Knorhaan.) 

 The Durban Museum contains one sky-blue egg, unspotted, 



belonging to this species taken in Zululand ; in shape it 



resembles an orange. 



702. (Edicnemus capensis. (Dikkop.) 



Fresh clutches of eggs of this species were taken on the 

 following dates : Kroonstad, 23.11.01 ; Newcastle, 9.11.02 ; 

 Reitz, O.R.C., 4.2.02. 



705. CuRSORius RUFUS. (Burchell's Courser.) 



This Courser lays at the end of July or beginning of 

 August in the O.R.C. and Upper Natal, though occasionally 

 eggs will be found in September. 



706. CuRSORins temmincki. (Temminck's Courser.) 



I found a dead bird of this species at Kroonstad in 

 June 1901. 



707. Rhinoptilus africanus. (Two-bauded Courser.) 



I took hard-set eggs of this Courser and also saw young 

 birds about the middle of August '01 near the Modder River; 

 on Sept. 5 I took one hard-set egg near Winburg, and fresh 

 eggs near Lindley on 16th and 25th Nov. 



It seems probable that this species is also double-brooded. 



719. Hoplopterus armatus. (Blacksmith Plover.) 

 Both nests of this species found in the Winburg district 

 were only a few feet away from the water on the side of 



