12 Rev. Robert Godfrey on </(<? 



Guide {Indicator minor), and at any rate we received a 

 valuable hint to fix attention more carefully on Swallows' 

 nests in future. 



Some details reoanlint^ the South African Cliff-Swallow 

 (^Petrochtlidon spilodeni) in our district have l)een o-athered 

 since the previous note on minrants was written. Miss 

 Engelhof informs me that the Emgwali colony has occupied 

 its present quarters since the summer of l.S9()-7, and that it 

 may have been in occupation even earlier. The missionaries 

 at BIythswood fix the date of first occupation there between 

 1900 and 1902, and Dr. Struthers says they arrived at 

 Nqamakwe in 1902. Information is still wanted regarding 

 the Stutterheim and the Blaney colonies. At the latter 

 place a few birds survived the war of extermination waged 

 against them last year, and attem{)ted to build nests and rear 

 young this year. Two jierfect nests were seen at the old 

 spot on Ajtril l<Sth, so that probably two broods at least were 

 reared, but no birds were about on that date. This species 

 was last seen at Emgwali on 25th March ; and at Nqamakwe, 

 where the birds reared two broods, on 2nd May. 



The Black Saw-wing Swallow {L*i^alidoprocne holomehvna) 

 was noticed at Pirie on the evening of February 19th. Details 

 are greatly desired regarding the distribution and the length 

 of stay in the district of this species. 



Storls. 



Tho V^^hiie Storks {('icon/a ciconi(i) have been as })lentiful 

 this year as last, and have roosted about in large numbers 

 about the forests and in the mimosa-scrub. On the cvem'nf; 

 of 12th January, 185 Storks passed overhead in 15 minutes, 

 in a steady drawn-out stream, making for their roosting- 

 trees, and 30 more were seen further on, roosting in a |)atch 

 of mimosa. The numbers rapidly tliimicd out in March, and 

 by the end of that month it looked as if all IIk; Stoiks had 

 already departed for the North. Jn the Zouljiansl^erg, how- 

 ever, straggh'rs were seen u]) to May Oth. To my surprise 

 a pair was reported from Tai'eni, near Kingwilliamstown, 



