20 Birds coUei'led at Dlaauwhcrg, N. Transvaal. 



the entire beak is black. In those in intermediate ])luuiage, 

 of which the types of C. p. noomei are examples, the back 

 and to[) of head are more or less yellowish <>"r<'V, the Avhole 

 of the under surface and sides of face bufhsh white, ]>al<'st 

 on the throat and abdomen, and there is always a whitish 

 mark at the base of the lower mandible, 



I also collected specimens of the following species of 

 bii'ds : — 



Cape Fniit-rigeon {Vinnr/o delalandei). 



Chanting' Goshawk (Mclierax canorus). 



Yellow-fronted Barbet {Barbntida e.rtoni), 



]iiown-hooded Kingfisher (Hnlci/on alhirentris). 



Carmine-breasted Bee-eater {Mcrops nuhicoides). 



Seiniitar-biiled Hoopoe [lihinojioutm^tm r;/miomeln.i). 



Spotted Flycatcher {Mitscicripa (/risola). 



Black Cuckoo-8hrik(> {Campephaga ?jif/ra). 



Three-streaked Bush Shrike {Pomatorhipichus australis). 



Yellow-fronted Bush Shrike {Chlorophomncs sufp/iureopectus shiiHis). 



Crimson-breasted Bush Shrike {Laniarim (drococcincus). 



Bed-backed Shrike {L(tnius cullurio). 



I\Ielba Finch (Pi/fi/ia mMa). 



Jameson's Waxbill {Laf/onastida rubrk-cda). 



Tree Pipit (Anthus trivialis). 



Tit Babbler (Parisonia subctcruleum). 



Smith's Crass ^^'arbler {Cistiada chiniann). 



Barred ^^'ren Warbler {Cahummastesfaseiohdiis). 



Fleck's Crombec (Si/h-icf(ti flrchi). 



l^rown-throated Bush Warbler (Ereinnmela usticoIUs). 



White-shouldered Bobin-Chat {Cossypha huvipntlis). 



White-browed Ground Robin {Erythropyyia leucophrys). 



T left Blaauwberg on February 22nd. and returned to 

 Pietersburg by a ditt'erent road to that by which 1 had gone 

 on the forward journpy. AV'hile driving up a long gentle 

 slope in the bushveld between Blaauwberg and Hout River, 

 my attention was drawn to an enormous ntuuber of White 

 Storks [Ciconia cicouia) in the air some distance ahead. As 

 1 trot nearer I could make them out more clearly and found 

 that they were gyrating upwards in the shape of a huge 

 funnel, the base, so far as I could make out, beginning just 

 above the tree tops and widening out to a huge circular ring, 

 which wa.i abll()^t hot to sight in the haze some thousands of 



