4 Rev. llobert Godfrey on the 



15. AcROCEPHALUS PALUSTius (Beclist.). Mui'sli-Warbler. 



The only records o£ the Marsh- Warbler in South Africa 

 are those of Shelley (near Durban in 1874:) and Boyd 

 Alexander from (Zambezi River). Mr. H. M. Millar shot a 

 male near Durban in April 1910 and presented it to the 

 Museum. 



IG. Ehemomela scOTors (Sund.). Dusky-faced Bush- 

 Warbler. 



There is a pair of this rare "Warbler in the Durban Museum. 

 They were shot near Durban by Mr. H. M. Millar. 



II. — Sotes on the Mi[/rator>/ Birds of the Buffalo River Basin. 

 By the Rev. Robert Godfrey. 



T. — Our Summer Migrants, 1910. 



The object in writing this article is to endeavour to rouse 

 a little more enthusiasm amongst Members and others in the 

 interesting subject of migration. Meagre as may be the 

 amount of information here compiled, it is enough to show 

 how much can be done by our local observers, were a 

 systematic attempt to write down on the spot all observations 

 that are made, and to communicate these to some central 

 bureau, such as the Migration C^ommittee of the S. A. 0. U. 



Sicifts. 



The White-bellied Swift {Apu.s melha afriranus) was seen 

 at Lovedale on August 10th, and was Ijelieved to have newly 

 arrived from its winter-haunts in Central Africa. But 

 Mr. John Wood writes to say ho has seen this Swift about 

 East London in every month of the year, and he raises the 

 question regarding its status as a migrant. Some, he says, 

 can migrate only partially. It is hoped to ])rov(.' soon 

 whether it is in the Buffalo Basin all the year round or not. 



With regard to the Black Swift (Apus harhatus) similar 

 information is required. Hcv. d, Henderson Soga forwarded 



