54 Mr. A. K. Huagner on the 



fontein (a farm on the Aapies River, about six miles north 

 of Waterval North). They go about in pairs, and have a 

 harsh laughing cry. 



114. Centkopus burchelli. (BurchelFs Coucal.) 

 A single specimen obtained. 



115. Strix flammea. (Barn Owl.) 



Somewhat scarce. One obtained 25th February, 1904. 



116. Accipiter minullus. (Little Sparrow Hawk.) 

 Rare. 



117. Circus cineraceus. (Montagu's Harrier.) 

 Rare. 



118. Circus ranivorus. (South African Harrier.) 

 Not at all common. 



119. Melierax gabar. (Gabar Goshawk.) 

 One seen 24th June, 1905. 



120. TuRTUR senegalensis. (Senegal Turtle-Dove.) 

 Common resident. On the 15th March, 1905, I took a 



nest with two eggs from a MacrocarjM tree. The nest was 

 built of the roots and ends of coarse grass with a saucer- 

 shaped lining of fine roots — a much more solid structure 

 than that usually put together by T. capicola (Cape Turtle- 

 Dove). 



121. NuMiDA CORONATA. (Crowned Guinea Fowl.) 



This bird has found its way into our plantations from the 

 scrub on the Jokeskei River — no doubt attracted by the one 

 time domesticated birds liberated there for sporting purposes 

 some years ago. 



122. Otis c^rulescens. (Blue Bustard.) 



Scarce on Modderfontein and the neighbourhood, but I 

 found it very common at Vastfontein near Waterval North 

 on the Aapies River. 



