180 Mr. C G. Davies on Birds observed 



48. GuTTEEA EDOUAKUI. ('rested Guinea Fowl. 



Only one flock met with near the Massitonto River on 

 July 4th, one o£ which was caught alive by our boys ; they 

 are said to be quite common near Delagoa Bay. 



49. Otis ruficrista. lled-crested Knorhaan. 



A few solitary individuals seen and one shot near Uanetsi 

 on May 23rd. 



50. Otis melanogaster. Black-bellied Knorhaan. 



A few seen and one specimen shot near the Sabie River on 

 May 31st ; this species is easily recognised by its long legs. 



51. Otis kori. Gom Paauw. 



We only met with this Paauw twice, once close to the Sabie 

 River, at Maplangwane, on May 20th, when we saw five birds, 

 and again near Inkomati, when we saw only one bird on 

 burnt veld. I had expected to find this bird much more 

 numerous. 



52. Struthio australis. Southern Ostrich. 



We met with a herd of about twenty-five birds near the 

 Massitonto River, one of which Mr. Smith shot, at the 

 beginning of July. 



XIV. — Notes on Birds observed and collected in the Districts 

 of Port St. Johns, Busikisiki, Fla(/staj/', and Bizana, Pondo- 

 land, during the Years 1904 to 1906 and the beginning of 

 1907. By C. G. Davies, C. M. Riflemen. 



(Plates VIII. & IX.) 



The following birds have, with a few exceptions, been col- 

 lected by myself in the above districts. This part of Pondo- 

 land is for the most part grassy down country, a good deal 

 cut up by rivers and deep valleys with well-wooded sides, 

 and near the coast there is an almost unbroken forest-belt. 

 I have followed the nomenclature of Stark and Sclatcr's 

 ' Birds of South Africa.' 



1. ('ORVULTUR ALBicoLLis. Whitc-nccked Raven. 

 Very common everywhere. 



