38 Mr. C. il. Taylor on U'lnh 



flushed after a .sliort fliglit drop suddenly into thick cover. 

 When found on rocky ground they are very difficult to flush, 

 and I know of one instance wliere one was i)icked up by a 

 shooter under his pointer's nose. They feed a great deal in 

 old niealie lands by the side of the bush, and are generally 

 to be found in coveys of tVoni six to ten. 



(KIO. *(ioTURNlx AFRICANA. (Cape Quail.) 

 Never seen in large numbers, but a few odd birds have 

 been here the whole winter. Their favourite haunt is in a 

 vlei or by the side of a spruit. I have shot but not preserved 

 them. 



CxSI"). PoDiCA PETERSl. (Peters' Fin-foot.) 



(a) ?. 5.7.06. Indhlovudwahlie. Length 22i", exp. al. 24". 

 Iris pale yellow : legs bright orange-red ; bill : culmen and 

 upper beak black shading into horn-colour at tip ; upper 

 portion of upper beak orange-red at gape, shading past the 

 nostril to brownish horn ; mandible reddish orange. Stomach 

 contained two fish. 



{!>) 9. 14.7.06. Indhlovudwahlie. Length 22^'^ exp. 

 al. 25'', wing W, Iris brown. In stomach two water-crabs, 

 a fish, and three water-beetles. 



Hare resident. Two specimens only were seen and both 

 were procured. Both these were females, each having the 

 white stripe down the side of the neck. 



I first noticed one of these birds through my glasses and 

 saw it swim across the Compies river from one clump of 

 reeds to another; it was swimming with its body above the 

 water just like a duck, nodding its head as it swaui. I found 

 it exceedingly difficult to flush, and it was not until I had 

 gone up and down the ree<l-bed three times beating with a 

 stick that it flew out, flying along the surface of the water 

 like a Waterhen. The second specimen I also observed 

 swimming in a similar manner. One of the fish in the 

 stomach of (a) was quite six inches long. 



6(S»^. *TETKAl"rRRYX PAKADlsKA, (Blue iVaiie.) 



Not common near Amsterdam, but 1 saw one pair near 



