and collected in Pondoland. 197 



157. AsTUR TACHIRO. African Goshawk. 



This is the commonest of the short-winged Hawks, and is 

 found in all the bush country ; adults seem rather scarce. 



158. Circus ranivorus. S. African Harrier. 

 Rather common wherever there is marshy ground. 



159. PoLYBOROiDES TYPicus. Harrier Hawk. 



Rather scarce, but found in all the bush country, generally 

 near rivers. 



160. Gyps kolbii. KolVs Vulture. 



Generally seen in numbers whenever anything dies. 



IGl. Neophron percnopterus. Egyptian Vulture. 

 Scarce. Generally seen singly feasting with the previous 

 species. 



162. Pandion haliaetus. Osprey. 



There is generally a pair of these birds on the larger rivers, 

 but they are wild and unapproachable. 



163. Serpentarius secretarius. Secretary Bird. 

 Scarce. I have only seen one or two near Lusikisiki and 



Flagstaff. 



164. Phalacrocorax lucidus. White-breasted Duiker. 

 Not common, but generally distributed along the coast 



during the winter months ; they seem scarcer in the summer. 

 An apparently adult male, shot on 18.1.07 near Port 

 St. Johns, had the throat and front of neck and upper breast 

 a pale rufous colour, instead of white. 



165. Phalacrocorax africanus. Reed Duiker. 



Not uncommon on some of the larger rivers, especially the 

 Umtamvuna River, where it breeds on ledges of the cliffs at 

 the mouth. 



166. Plotus rufus. Snake Bird. 



Rather scarce, but I have seen single birds on most of the 

 large rivers. 



167. SuLA CAPENSis. Malagash. 



Common at sea during the winter, evidently following the 



