56 Mr. L. E. Taylor on the 



There are no large dams or vleis in the vicinity, and 

 although the Hennops Hiver is a perennial stream, there is a 

 marked absence of water birds and waders. 



The Accipitres are poorly represented here, being much 

 more plentiful immediately the range of hills directly south 

 of Pretoria is passed. 



My thanks are due to Mr. W. L. Sclater and Dr. J. B. 

 Gunning for having assisted me in the identification of those 

 specimens of which I was in doubt. 



The numbers prefixed to the species referred to are, where 

 applicable, those given in Sclater^s " Check-list of the Birds 

 of South Africa " [Annals South African Museum, vol. iii. 

 part viii. no. 9]. The actual specimens referred to by date 

 or in detail are in my own collection. This paper was written 

 mainly in November and December 1905. 



2. CoRVUS SCAPULATUS. (Pied Crow.) 



-The Pied Crow is fairly common here at times ; they 

 usually go about in pairs. 



3. CoRVUS CAPENSis. (Black Crow.) 

 (a) ? (juv.). 25.12.03. Irene. 



In stomach insects. 



These birds are more common here than in any other 

 place where I have seen them. They generally are seen 

 in twos or threes. In April 1905 I counted over sixty 

 here in one flock; they were making a most unusual noise, 

 and must, I think, have been migrating. On another occasion, 

 in July 1905, I saw about twenty together. I have seen 

 one of these birds carrying a snake (AhlabopJds rufulus) in 

 its mouth. 



6. Creatophora carunculata. (Wattled Starling.) 

 The Wattled Starling is a local migrant, appearing at 

 intervals in enormous flocks during the summer. Althouoh 

 I have seen thousands I have never been able to notice a 

 male with an aljuormal wattle, as ]iictured in Stark ('Fauna 

 S. Africa,' Birds, vol. i. p. 23), and such specimens must be 

 extremely rare. 



