44 Occasional J^^'otes. 



V. Breeding- Season of Waterfowl. 



It may interest Members o£ the Union to know that the 

 following birds are breeding here : — 



Egyptian Goose (C. a^gyptmcus). 



Shelduck (C cana). 



Cape Wigeon (^Anas capensis). 



Young birds can be seen everywhere, also eggs. Duck- 

 lings a few days old in greater numbers. 



H. A. P. LiTTLEDALE, 



Lieut. K.O. Yorkshire L.I. 

 Carnarvon, C. C, 

 20th August, 1907. 



VI. OoLOGicAL Notes. 



The following dates on which 

 Africa may be of interest : — 



Name. 



Platalea alba 



Tetrapteryx paradisea 



Sitagra ocularia 



Fasscr arcuutus 



Hirundo cucuUata. 



Petrochelidon spilodera . 



Cotyle cincta . . . . 

 Serinus canicollis 

 Turtur capicola . , 



Coliopasser procne . 



Hfiteroco7'i/s hreviunguis 

 Tephrocorys cmerea . . . . 



