On Birds' Eggs in the Transvaal Museum. 



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Place. 



Observer. 



Date. 



Wind and 

 Kemarks. 



Departukes, 1908. 



European Swallow {Ilirumlo rustica, L.). 



Modderfonteiu. A. Haaffiier. 



Modderfonteiu. A. Ilaasner. 



1. 3.08. 



6. 4.08. 



Johannesburg: 



E. 11. U. Draper. 31. 3. 08. 



Saw them first "mass- 

 ing " on this date. 

 Flocks seen flying 

 north on the 1 1th, 

 17th, & 30th March. 



Last few stragglers 

 seen. Very cold, 

 0° Cent. S. winds. 



Flock seen going 

 north, flying very 

 low and easily recog- 

 nisable. S. winds. 



Lesser Kestrel {Cerchieis naumanni (Fleisch.)). 



Modderfontein. A. Haagner. 



6. 3.08. 

 21, 3.08. 



Seen in flocks, settled 

 and flying slowly to 

 the north. None 

 seen here after 21st 

 March. 



(Sioned) Dr. J. W. B. Gunning (Chairman). ^ „ 

 ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ M Committee 



F. Thomsen. I 



Dr. GouGH. j ^r/''''. 



A. K. Haagner (Secretary) . J ^ ^^^^ ''^"* 



XI. — A Descinjytion of some Portion of the Oological Collection 

 of South African Birds' Eggs in the Transvaal Museum, 

 Pretoria. By John A. Bucknill, M.A., F.Z.S., 

 M.B.O.U. 



The inception ot" the Transvaal Museum — started some years 

 ago — was of a comprehensive character, and the original 

 scheme, as outlined by the principal mover in the project 

 which has now assumed so important a factor in local 

 educational schemes, was due to its Director, Dr. Gunning, 

 F.Z.S. Amongst other collections of zoological interest, 



