Vol.11. No. 1. 



JUNE 1906. 



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CONTENTS. 



General Notices. Inside Front Page Wrapper. Taoh 



Frontispiece. 



Proceedings of the Union ;— EeporL of Second Annuil Meeting i 



Papers :— ,. j t-i /• • 



IX. Rsniarks upon .some hitherto undescribed or unfigured Eggs of certani 

 South African Passerine Bird?. By John A. Buckxill, M.A.^ F.Z.S., 

 and G. H. Gronvold. With Field-notes bj tiie Collectors. (Coloured 



Plate: Frontispiece.) 1 



X. Ornithological Notes from Wolmaransstad, Transvaal. By Ausnx 



ROBEKTS 10 



XI. The Migration of Birds in Soutli Africa. (A Paper read before Section D 

 of tlie British Association during its Meeting in Johannesburg in 19J5.) 

 By W. L. ScLATER, M.A., F.Z.S., M.B.O.U 14 



XII. (a). Notes on some Migratory Visitants to Kroonstad, Orange River Colony. 



By Edmond Sy.monds/M.R.C.S., L.R.C.P 2-i 



XII. {!)). Notes on some Members of the Family Ploccidce occurring in the 

 Kroonstad District, Orange River Colony. By Edmond Symonds, 

 M.R.C.S., L.R.C.P 27 



XIII. Some Observations upon the Behaviour and Treatment in Captivity of 



Otis cierulescens (Blue Knorhaan). By C. B. Horsbrucii. (Plate I.). 29 



XIV. Ornithological Notes from Natal. By Alfred D. Millar, Col. M.B.O.U. 32 

 XV. Notes on the Nidification of tlie Genus Chn/sococcyx. By A. K. 



Haacner, F.Z.S., M.B.O.U., and R. H. Ivy. (Plates II. & III.) 35 



XVI Notes on certain Birds hitherto unrecorded from the Transvaal. By 



Lionel E. Taylor, F.Z.S., M.B.O.U .'50 



ObttUary :— Edward C. Taylor ; Lieut.-Col. L. Howard Irby 43 



Occasional Notes 43 



Short Notices of Ornithological Publications 40 



Editorial Notices. Inside Back Page Wrapper. 



List of Officers of the Union. Outside Back Page Wrapper. 



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