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9. Nycticorax lfatconotus (Wagl.). White-backed 

 Night-Heron. 



There are several examples of this species in the Durl)an 

 Museum, all o£ which were obtained in Durban Bay, where 

 it is not uncomnon at times. There appear to bo only two 

 previous records of it from South Africa. 



10. Otogyps AURiciTLARis (Daud.). Black Vulture. 



An example of the Black Vulture obtained in Zululund by 

 Mr. C. J. Crofts in 1903 is pressrved in the Museum. 



11. Falco cuvieri (A, Smith). African Hobby. 



A female shot on the Berea, Durban, by Mr. A. D. Millar 

 on 30th August, 1905, is in the collection. There are only two 

 previous records from South Africa, viz. : the type obtained 

 by Sir Andrew Smith on the Kei River in Eastern Cape 

 Colony, and a young specimen from near Durban in the 

 South iVfiican Museum, Cape Town. 



12. ScoTOPELiA PELi (Tcmm.) (Bp.). Pel's Fishing- 

 Owl. 



A female shot on the Pongola Hiver, Zululand, in August 

 1908, by Mr. Frank Fynuey, is now in the Museum. There 

 have only been two previous records of this Owl in South 

 Africa, as far as I am aware. 



13. Halcyon chelicuti (Stanley)- Striped Kingfisher. 

 An example from the right bank of tho Lower Tug(da 



Hiver is the first instance of tho occurrence of this King- 

 fisher in Natal, although it has several times been secured in 

 Zululand. 



14. Hemipteryx minuta. Gunning. Little Pinc-Pinc 

 Warbler. 



The Museum possesses a pair of this sj^ecies and nest, 

 which were obtained in the neighbourhood of Durban in 

 1909 by Mr. H. M. Millar. They agree very well with 

 Dr. (lunning's deserij)ti()n. 



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