the Mhjration of the White Stork. 19 



(1) Polela, Natal; (2) Lake Banagber, Ennelo 

 Dist., Tvl. ; (3) Glencoe, Natal ; (4) Morija, Basuto- 

 land; (5) Senekal, O.F.S. 



A few particulars of some of these Storks will interest 

 my readers. The two first mentioned (Nos. 1265 & 1416) 

 from Basutoland were ringed in East Prussia in June 1908, 

 and were procured in Basutoland in January and February 

 1909 by natives, and reported to me by our energetic 

 Member of Council for that country, Mr. J. P. Murray. The 

 bird procured at Lake Banagber on the 22nd November, 

 1909, was marked at Bogyan, in Hungary (No. 1415), on the 

 16th June of the same year. 



Although recorded from the Cape Division in the west, 

 and Port Elizabeth in the east, the occurrence of the White 

 Stork so far south is rare. 



Mr. John Wood, of East London, says it has never been 

 found at that place, although he records it from Stutterheim, 

 some distance to the north ; Trevelyan observed it at 

 Kingwilliamstown ; and Sgt. (■. G. Davies, C. M. Rifles, at 

 Flagstaff', in Pondoland. In the Transvaal it is common in 

 most districts from November to February or March. 



The earliest authentic dates of its occurrence in South 

 Africa are — 20th September, 1907, at Komatipoort (Major 

 Hamilton) ; 26th September, 1907, at Modderfontein, Dist. 

 Pretoria (HaagnerJ; and 28th September, 1908, at Ermelo 

 (C.H.Taylor). 



In January and February of this year the White Stork 

 seemed to be pretty widely distributed over South Africa. 

 I saw the bird in small scattered troops all along the line 

 from Pretoria to Zuurfontein in January, and between the 

 3rd and 6th of March observed them in small flocks near 

 Heidelberg, Standerton, and Volksrust. At the latter place 

 they were widely scattered over the veld ; I saw them in 

 twos and threes up to dozen individuals together all the 

 way from Volksrust to near Majuba. No locusts were to 

 be seen ; however, they may have just been hatching out. 



During the heavy rains which prevailed at the time, I 

 ^noticed the birds betook themselves to the higher ground. 



