198 Mr. C. G. Davies on Birds ohserved 



shoals of fish. They do not approach the land, but I picked 

 up an adult, on the coast near Lusikisiki, with a broken wing. 



168. DissuRA MiCROSCELis. Woollj-necked Stork. 



I managed to procure an adult ? from a flock of six. 

 They were feeding on a mudbank near the water, and looked 

 very Ibis-like in their gait and manner of feeding ; after 

 firing, the remainder went right away and 1 did not see them 

 again. The bird I got I skinned : the soft parts were as in 

 Stark and Sclater ; the measurements : length 34 in., wing 

 17 in., tail 6| in. The stomach contained a mass of remains 

 of small crabs. I also saw a pair of Crowned Cranes, but 

 did not get one ; I noticed that they continually perched on 

 the tops of the thorn-trees, a habit I have not noticed before. 



169. CicoNiA ALBA. White Stork. 



Uncertain migrants, a few generally appear during the 

 summer ; they were fairly numerous during the summer of 

 1905. 



170. Scopus umbretta. Hammerkop. 

 Very common throughout. 



171. Adea GOLIATH. Goliath Heron. 



Scarce. The only specimens I have seen were a pair which 

 I saw at the mouth of the Unigazi River in January 1907. 

 They were wild and I was unable to secure one. 



172. Ardea cinerea. Grey Heron. 



Not common and rather migratory. All I have seen have 

 been at the mouths of rivers during the summer ; all these 

 were immature birds. 



173. Ardea melanocephala. Black-headed Heron. 

 This is the commonest Heron and is generally seen in 



marshy places on the higher ground ; I have often seen them 

 on the open veldt far from water, evidently hunting for 

 locusts. 



174. Ardea purpurea. Purple Heron. 

 Rare. S j nearly adult, Lusikisiki. 



