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228. Gallinago media. Double Snipe. 



There are not many suitable spots for Snipe in Pondoland, 

 but at Lusikisiki and Bizana there are marshes where these 

 birds are nearly always to be found. 



229. Gallinago nigripennis. Ethiopian Snipe. 

 Found in the same localities as the previous species. 



230. Larus dominicanus. Southern Black-backed Gull. 

 Gulls are rarely seen along this coast, but I shot one out 



of three immature birds which I saw at the mouth of the 

 Umtamvuna River. 



231. Sterna bergii. Swift Tern. 



No. 1. Adult $ . Moulting, but nearly in full breeding 

 plumage. Bill dull yellow; feet and legs black, soles spotted 

 with yellow ; eyes very dark brown, almost black. 



No. 2. Immature ? . Moulting into adult plumage, but 

 the whole of head except forehead brownish black ; sides of 

 face and neck spotted with same. Soft parts as in the adult. 



232. Sterna cantiaca. Sandwich Tern. 



No. 1. Adult $ . Moulting into breeding plumage ; a 

 good many black feathers amongst the white of the forehead 

 and crown. 



No. 2. This specimen, ^ , which I take to bo a slightly 

 immature bird, had not moulted the streamers of the tail, 

 which have a subterminal dark grey spot on both webs. The 

 crown and forehead white, with numerous dark grey spots, 

 getting darker towards the nape ; the crest very little 

 developed, the feathers edged with white. 



Two other specimens were ? , but, although moulting, were 

 not nearly so far advanced as No. 1. 



The soft parts were the same in every case, viz. : beak 

 black, tip yellowish ; legs and feet black, soles yellow ; eyes 

 very dark brown, almost black. 



All these birds had a very faint pinkish blush on the 

 breast, most visible when the feathers are raised. 



The measurements of both species agree well with " Stark 

 and Sclater," but in the case of Sterna cantiaca Sclater says : 



