THE JOURNAL 



OF THE 



SODTH AFRICAN ORNITHOLOGISTS' UNION. 



Vol. IV. OCTOBER 1908. No. 2. 



X. — The Report of the Committee for Migration for 

 the Years 1906 and 1907. 



We hereby present to the Members of the S.A. 0. TJ. our 

 report for 1906 and 1907 on the immigration of the Northern 

 and African Migrants. 



The Committee was only elected towards the close of the 

 former year, so that their work only actually commenced in 

 1907. In accordance with the decision arrived at by the 

 Committee at their first meeting, a circular giving the names 

 of the following six birds (all Aorthern migrants) was issued 

 to all Members of the Union, with a supply of printed 

 postcards, requesting them to fill ii\ the dates of arrival, and 

 to post the same in due course. The birds chosen were all 

 easily recognisable, except perhaps the European Swallow, 

 which, to the average resident in South Africa, can very 

 easily be confused with the White-throated Swallow, The 

 six birds were : — 



1. European Swallow {Hirundo rustica, L.). 



2. European Bee-eater {Merops apiaster, L.). 



3. Lesser Kestrel {Cerchneis naumanni (Fleiseh.)). 



4. Greenshank [Totanus littoreus (L.)). 



5. White Stork [Cicunia ciconia (L.)). 



6. Biack-wing Pratincole {Glareola melunoptera, Nordm.). 



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