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here, tlie AVhite Stork (Ciconia alha) ; of these the first- 

 named is a resident with lis, and, where conditions are favour- 

 able, breeds in great numbers in certain localities. The 

 other two, the Pratincole and the Stork, are both Northern 

 IVIigrants, only remaining in South Africa during the southern 

 sumiuer months, and not, so far as we yet know, breeding. 

 Another bird of irreguLir migratory habits is the Cape Quail 

 (Cotiirni.T afrncana). This bird is to be found at all times of 

 the year in most parts of South Africa where suitable con- 

 ditions exist ; but at certain periods of the year, varying 

 considerably in different parts of South Afrira, the Quail 

 " come ill " ; in most places the migrating flocks remain 

 about six weeks and then again disappear. 



Finally, I have placed in a class by themselves a number 

 of Sea-birds (thirty-six in all), which are found about our 

 coasts most abundantly during our winter months, March 

 and October, and which migrate away to distant Oceanic 

 Islands, such as Kerguelen, the Crozets, and Tristan group, 

 during the summer months to l)reed. Among these are found 

 all our representatives of the Order Tubinares (twenty-nine 

 in number), including the Petrels, Shearwaters, and Alba- 

 trosses. Although so abundant about our coasts not one of 

 these breeds either on the mainland or even on any of the 

 Bird-Islands round the coast. So far as we yet know, they 

 all o-o awav south durinj; the breedino-season. This is also 

 the case with a few of the Terns, such as the Kerguelen 

 {Sterna vitfata) and the Sooty Tern [Sterna fuliglnosa) . The 

 following is a complete list of Migratory Birds, so far as I 

 have been able to arrange them, and a survey of the various 

 Orders into which they are divided. 



I. jS^orthern Migrants. 



Oriolus galbula. 

 Anthus trivialis. 

 Motacilla capousis. 



„ flava. 



,, Tjorealis. 



,, nielauucepliala. 

 Lauius uiinor. 



Lanius collurio. 

 Sylvia simplex. 

 „ ciiierea. 

 Phvlloscopus trochilus. 

 Ilypolais icterina. 

 Acrocephalu6 arumliiiaccus. 

 „ palustris. 



