192 Mr. C. G. Davies on Birds observed 



also sometimes found in gardens. I have seen them some- 

 times indulging in wonderful evolutions on the wing, flying 

 round and in and out of the branches, with wonderful twists, 

 turns, and sudden swoops. 



119. Hapaloderma NARiNA. Narina Trogon. 



This is not a common bird anywhere, but it is to be found 

 wherever there is a tract of forest, and in the wooded klool's 

 along the rivers. In Stark and ISclater's book the soft parts 

 are wrongly given. I have shot a good many of both sexes, 

 and in all of them the soft parts were as follows, viz. : — 



Adult male. Beak very pale yellowish horn, bright chrome- 

 yellow towards the gape ; bare skin above and below eye and 

 at corner of gape bright blue', shading through green to 

 yellow on the hinder portion ; bare patch on throat bright 

 greenish blue, becoming purplish round the edges. In Stark 

 and Sclater there is no mention of these bare patches, neither 

 is there any indication of it in the drawing of the head ; in 

 life they are very prominent. The feet and legs arc greyish 

 pink. 



The adidt female has the soft parts much the same, only 

 duller, and the throat-patch is flesh-coloured. In the non- 

 breeding season I have shot males with the bare throat slate- 

 Goloured. 



120. Campothera notata. Knysna Woodpecker. 



Not common. I shot one adult male at Flagstalf and a 

 female and an immature bird at Port St. Johns on the 

 14.2.07. I have seen a few others in the same locality. 



121. Dendropicus cardinalis. Cardinal Woodpecker. 

 Fairly common ; found mostly in more open country and 



among thorn-trees in the valleys. 



122. Mesopicus griseocephalus. Olive Woodpecker. 

 Common in all the forest country. This is the commonest 



Woodpecker in Pondoland. 



123. Indicator minor. Lesser Honey-Guide. 

 Not common. Flagstaff and Port St. Johns. 



