48 Mr. A. K. Haagner on the 



66. QUERQUEDULA HOTTENTOTTA. (Hotteiltot Teal.) 



(Layard, p. 757.) 

 Only once seen and shot near (Jitenhage. 



67. PcECiLONETTA ERYTHRORHYNCHA. (Red-billed Teal.) 

 (Layard, p. 754.) 



This is the commonest Duck on- the river. I once found 

 a small flock on the salt water within a few hundred yards of 

 the sea. This is the only occasion on which I have seen any 

 of our wild Ducks on sea-water, 



68. Thalassornis leuconota. (White-backed Duck.) 

 (Layard, p. 76L) 



Very rare : only observed on two occasions. 



69. PoDiCEPS CAPENSis (Ogilvie-Grant). (South African 

 Little Grebe.) 



(Ogilvie-Grant, Cat. B. M. xxvi. p. 513, and plates vii. 



& viii.) (Cf. Podiceps minor : Little Grebe. Layard, 



p. 787.) 



Common at times. These birds seem incapable of walking 



on land and are seldom found many inches from water. 



When surprised on the edge of a pool they fall forward and 



flapping their wings quickly drag themselves in. 



VII. — A further Contribution to the Ornithology of Modder- 

 fontcin, Transvaal. By Alwin K. Haagner, F.Z.S., 

 M.B.O.U. 



[Supplementary to three papers published previously (q. v. Ibis, 1901, 

 pp. 15 & 190; ibid. 1902, p. 569). J 



]n 'The Ibis 'of October 1902 I published a list of Birds 

 found at Modderfontein. This place is somewhat peculiarly 

 situated, as, although geographically and for administrative 

 purposes regarded as in the Pretoria District, it is very much 

 nearer to Johannesburg, being over thirty miles from the 

 former town and only about ten from the latter. Owing also 

 to topographical changes in the neighbourhood, the bird-hfe 



