THE JOURNAL 



OF THE 



SOUTH AFRICAN ORNITHOLOGISTS' UNION. 



Vol. VIII. JUNE 1912. No. 1 



I. — On some JJinh in the Durban illaseuni. 

 By E. C. Chubb, Curator. 



Whilst engaged in cataloguiiig the birds in this Musonin 

 hitely, I wrote the following notes regarding certain species 

 whic^j appear to be of interest on account of their rarity in 

 South Africa, or because they have not been hitherto recorded 

 from Natal, as far as can be ascertained with the limited 

 literature at my disposal. 



1. C*OLYMBUS CRiSTATUS, Linn. Crested Grebe. 

 Although not uncommon in other jiarts of South Africa, 



it has not until now been recorded fi'om Natal. There aro 

 two examples laljelled "Natal " in the collection. 



2. Hydhobates PELAGicus (Linn.). Storm-Petrel. 



The ]\Liseum possesses a specimen of this bird which was 

 obtained at Durban in liiSS. 



1^. Anas capensis, Gm. Cape Wigeon. 

 Tliere are two females of this species in the collection. 

 They were taken near Durban. 



4. Dendrocygna fulva (Gm.). "Whistling Duck, 

 Very few occurrences of this Duck in South Africa have 

 been noted, and they are from Lake Ngami, the Zandjezi 

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