1«jO Occasional N^otes. 



" '). Alopochen a>p//ptiacvs (Eo-yptian Goose, Borg Gans). 

 — Recorded from the Limpopo (Buckley and Eriksson). 

 Breeding-places : (a) Limpopo, 17th September (Eriksson) ; 

 (f>) Orange River, near Upington, 28th October (Brad- 

 shaw). 



" 6. Caaarca carta (South African Sheldnck, Bergeend). — 

 Recorded from Potchefstroom in July (Ayres). Breeding- 

 places : (a) Deerfontein, Cape Colony, no date (Grant and 

 Seimund) ; {h) Aliwal North, no date (Whitehead). 



" 7. Anas vndnlafa. (Yellow-bill or Geelbee). — Recorded 

 from Pretoria in June (Oates), Potchefstroom in July and 

 August (Ayres). Breeding-places : ('/) Vogelvlei in Paarl 

 and LoetendaPs Vlei in Bredasdorp, Cape Colony, no date 

 (Layard and South African Museum, Capetown) ; (h) Vlak- 

 fontein, in Harrismith district, O.R.C., April (Sparrow). 



"8. A77as sparsa (Black Duck, River Duck, Zwaarteend). 

 — Recorded from near Pretoria (Buckley), Potchefstroom in 

 March and April, Lydenburg (Ayres). Breeding-places : 

 (a) Maseru, Basutoland, November (Bowker) ; (A) Buffalo 

 River, Kingwilliamstown, February (Pym). 



" 9. Nettion capense (Cape Widgeon, Teal-eendje). — Re- 

 corded from the Transvaal in August (Ayres). Breeding- 

 places : Vogelvlei, in the Paarl, Cape Colony, no date 

 (Layard). 



" 10. Nettion punctatum {HoiienioiTe^X) . Recorded from 

 Potchefstroom in November (Ayres). Breeding-places : 

 (rt) Ovampoland, no date (Andersson). 



" 11. Poccilonetta eri/tJi7'orhyncha (Red-bill, Smee-eendje). 

 — Recorded from the Limpopo (Holub), Potchefstroom in 

 June and March (Ayres), Boksburg and Krugersdorp (Gil- 

 fillan). Breeding-places: (a) Ovampoland, February and 

 March (Andersson) ; (h) Maritzburg, February and March 

 (Fitzsimmons) ; (^) Sclater states, ' It probably breeds 

 throughout the country.' 



" 12. Spatula capensis (Cape Shoveller, Slop). — Recorded 

 from the Transvaal (Ayres). Breeding-places : Berg River, 

 no date (Layard). 



"13. Ni/7'oca erytJiroplitlialma (South African Pochard). — 



