6 Rev. Robert Godfrey on the 



old funnel. They worked on till they reached the funnel, 

 and then gave a twist to the right, finishing off with a new 

 funnel placed at right angles to the old one. 



The only record received o£ the J^esser Stripe-breasted 

 Swallow (IJit'iindo puella) is from Elliotdale, where, on 

 September 2()th, Rev. J. H. Soga saw a few of these birds 

 mingling with Rock-Martins {liijxiria jKlKjida) and Black 

 Swifts i^Aims harhatus). 



Information regarding the movements of the European 

 Swallow (7//?"»/irfo ?"»5^/ca) is very much desired. These birds 

 are now to be met with flying everywhere over the veld, but 

 few definite records of their first appearance in the district 

 seem to be obtainable. On November Gth, and again on 

 November 8th, I saw birds which I took to be European 

 Swallows, but I was not satisfied of the correct identification 

 till the 10th. 



The most interesting of the Swallow records is that 

 relating to the Pearl-breasted species (//. dimid'uita). On 

 November l(Jth, a little to the west of our district proper, I 

 noticed two young Swallows sitting together on a bare twig 

 of a tall tree, and waiting })atiently for the arrival of the 

 food-bringer. From the time that elapsed between suc- 

 cessive visits, I think only one ])arent was feeding 

 them, the other may have been brooding the second 

 time. The adult bird in feeding the young generally 

 hovered beside them for a moment only and was off again, 

 sometimes, however, it would settle on the tree, and on one 

 such occasion it gave me a specially good view of it. Tho 

 bird WIS wholly bbu^ above, with no red on the forehead ; 

 there was no Idack bar of any kind on the under surface. 

 In the case of the young I occasionally caught a giimpse of 

 a narrow hut distinct white bar on the winir. 



Storks. 



A ]i:iir ol W liite Storks (("icou'ia clconla) were seen on (ho 

 Debe Flats on .rum; 2()th. 1 had occasion to pass the same 

 ])lacc on duly 2ith and I saw one of them still at tho 

 old spot. 1 am thus strengthened in my conviction that 



