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350. Pachyprora molitor. (White-flanked Flycatcher.) 

 (a) S' 14.12.03. 



Not uncommon amongst thick Acacia bush. 

 This species is out of pkce here and they must have come 

 up from the Crocodile River by way of the Hennops River. 



354. Terpsiphone perspicillata. (Paradise Flycatcher.) 

 (a) (J. 17.12.03. 



(0 ? • 



Fairly common resident, but more common during the 



summer. 



355. Dicrurus afer. (Fork-tailed Drongo.) 

 (a) (J. 14.12.03. Iris light brown. 



(h) ? . 14.12.03. Iris dark brown. 

 Common resident. 



357. Campophaga nigra. (Black Cuckoo Shrike.) 



(a) 2. 2.2.04. 



This is a rare bird here. I have only seen two at Irene 

 (both females) and three young birds at the Fountains near 

 Pretoria. 



363. CoTiLE PALUDicoLA. (South African Sand Martin.) 

 This bird is fairly common and I think resident. 



364. CoTiLE ciNCTA. (Banded Sand Martin.) 



(a) ?. 18.3.04. 



(b) ? 28.11.05. 



This species is very common here during the summer. 

 They often congregate in numbers, and I have obtained several 

 at one shot when they were perched on a tree in company 

 with Hirundo rustica (European Swallow). 



367. Hirundo rustica. (European Swallow.) 

 Very common : is the latest Swallow to arrive here. This 

 year (1905) it arrived on the 4th November. 



369. Hirundo albigularis. (White-throated Swallow.) 

 The White-throated Swallow is the first to arrive and is 



the most common of the Swallows : this year (1905) they 



came in numbers on the 20th August. 



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