Ornitliolocjij of Eastern Vondoland. 11 



2G8. Circus macrurus (Gm.). Pale Harrier. 



Not common ; but during the summer months a fe^v ure 

 generally to be seen flying slowly oA'er the open veldt and 

 niealie lands. 



2G0. AcciPiTER MTNULLUs(Daud.). Little Sparrow-Hawk. 

 Mr. Allison kindly sent jne a skin o£ an adult male, shot in 

 the Lusikisiki District. I have not met with it myself. 



270. CiCONiA NIGRA, L. Black Stork. 



This is rather a rare bird. One was killed some years ago 

 near Lusikisiki, and I myself saw a fine adult bird at the 

 mouth o£ a lagoon on the coast near Lusikisiki on the 1.G.07. 

 It was very wild and I was unable to shoot it. 



271. Herodias ALBA (L.). Great VVhite Egret. 



I received a fine female in the flesh from Sgt. llliodes, 

 stationed at Webster's Drift, on the Umtamvuna River. 

 This bird was shot on the 28.8.08 and was in non-breeding 

 plumage. 1 have not personally met with this species. 



272. Ardetta MiNUTA (L.). European Little Bittern. 



I shot an adult male of this pretty little Bittern on the 

 Umtamvuna Kiver, the only s|)ecimen I have seen. It was 

 climbing slowly through the reeds just above the water. 

 I have since received a rather mangled skin of a female from 

 Mr. Allison, but do not know whether to refer it to this 

 species or to A. pagesl. 



273. Phcenicofterus roseus, Pall. Greater Flamingo. 



I have received the skin of an immature bird of this sj)ecies 

 from a friend who shot it at the mouth of the Umtamvuna 

 River. It was one of four birds^ all in the brov\ n plumage. 

 This is apparently a rare bird in Pondoland, as none of the 

 natives or traders had ever seen one like it before. 



274. Plectropterus C4Ambenris (L.). Spur-wing Goose. 

 This is a very scarce bird in E. Pondoland ; I saw a flock 



of Ave pass over the camp at Lusikisiki one day, and have 

 heard of one having been killed on the upper Umzimvubu 

 River. 



