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shaft-streaks on the sides o£ neck, these when present never 

 extending on to the nape ; rump and upper tail-coverts cross- 

 barred ; no pronounced eyebrow.. 



a. Pretoria, Austin, October. 



h. Transvaal, ? ? 



c. „ ? ? 



d. Matlabas, Krantz, December. 



e. Knysna, Marais, October. 



/• » II y") 



g. „ „ September. 



h. ,, ,, March (juv.).. 



i. Graharastown, Ivy, February. 

 j. Pietermaritzburg, ? ? 



3. Centropus supkrciliosds. (White-browed Coucal.) 



Head brown, without gloss ; a distinct buflfish eyebrow ;■ 

 sides of neck profusely and distinctly shaft-streaked, extend- 

 ing up the whole side of the neck often on to the nape ;. 

 rump and upper tail-coverts barred as in hurclielli. 



a. Transvaal (no locality). 



h. Salt River, Knysna, Marais_, August. 



c. Rhodesia, Marais, September. 



d. Modderfontein, Haagner, September 1899.. 



e. Grahamstown, Ivy, December. 

 /. Pretoria, Luckhoff, July. 



g. Knysna, Marais, March. 



V. — On the Nidification of the Striped Kingfisher (Halcyon 

 chelicuti). By Alfred D. Millar, Col.M.B.O.U. 



This bird appears to have escaped the notice of most 

 naturalists, partly no doubt owing to its scarcity, and perhaps 

 owing to its solitary and retiring habits, although it is 

 nevertheless of interest. 



It also appears that the only account of its nidification has 

 been given by Bohm, who found a nest in German East 

 Africa. 



These birds are found here north of the Tunehi and in 



