2 INIr. E. C. ChuLb on some 



and Botleti Rivers, so that an example from the neiglibour- 

 hood o£ Durban in this Museum is the first record o£ it in 

 the eastern portion of South Africa. 



5. Casarca cana (Gm.). South African Shehlrake. 

 The South African Shehh'ako, wliich ap[)ears never to have 



been recorded from Natal, is represented in the collection by- 

 two females, labelled respectively " Natal, presented by 

 H. Buck 1893," and "Natal, presented/' 



6. Terekia cinerea (Glild.). Terek Sandpiper. 

 Records of the occurrence of this species in South Africa 



are very scanty. There is one example in this Museum 

 which was obtained in the vicinity of Durban. 



7. Totanus ochropus (Linn.). Green Sandpiper. 

 Sclater doubts the occurrence of the Green Sandpiper in 



South Africa^ remarking as follows : — " The occurrence of 

 the Green Sandpiper in South Africa rests on the authority 

 of Mr. Layard, who stated that he received several examples 

 from Mr. Arnot, procured near (Jolesberg, and that it also 

 occurred at Zoetendale Vley in Bredasdorf, near Knysna, 

 and at the Kowie River mouth. No other observer or 

 collector, however, has noticed the occurrence of this Sand- 

 piper in South Africa, nor is thci-e a South African example 

 in the South African Museum. It is quite |)ossible, therefore, 

 that Mr. Layard was mistaken in regard to the matter.'^ A 

 specimen from Natal in the Durl)an Museum goes to show 

 that the species, at any rate occasionally, visits South 

 Africa. 



8. LiMxoB^NUS marginalis (Bp.). HarHaub's Crake. 

 An example of this rare Crake was obtained on the ]3url)an 



Racecourse by the late Mr. A. D. ]\Lllar and j)resented by 

 him to the Museum. It has only j)reviuusly bc^on recorded 

 from Ondongn, Damaraland, where it was obtained by 

 Andersson, and PJast London, whence tiie Cape Town 

 Museum possesses a specimen. 



