ficrco, and ojiencd its beak and tried to attack nie ; all the 

 other eggs were very hard-set and one was already chipped. 

 In colour the eggs were olive-brown, exactly like those of 

 the European Bittern (B. stellaris). The second nest con- 

 tained four eggs, which were also on the ])oint ot" hatching, 

 so that four appears to b(> the fall clutch. A nest found last 

 year, containing three fresh eggs (now in the Transvaal 

 Museum), was situated in a large pan, in a clump of rushes 

 standing in about three feet of water; but was otherwise 

 similar to those (l('scril)ed above. Close to tlie two Bitterns' 

 nests I found a Marsh Harrier's (Circus raniroru.s) nest 

 containing two eggs. C. G. Davies^ Sgt. C.M.K. 



Miitatiele, East Griqualaiicb 

 22. 11. 11. 



2. Great Locust Bird {Cironia alba). — On the 20tli 



A]»ril last I saw a single AVhite Stork on the Bailey Estate, 



near Colesberg, and at Berlin — nearly 30 miles up the line 



from here — there has been a solitary bird stalking about for 



quite a month during May and June 1911. It has been 



noticed to fly when run at by a dog, but has not actually 



left the neighbourhood of that village these last four weeks. 



Jno. AVoud. 

 East London. 



3. An Albino SrAJutow ix I'asutolaxd. — I send you 

 herewith a female bird which 1 take to be an albino variety 

 of the Common Cape S{)arrow (Passer nielanuriis). This 

 bird has reared a brood of three young ones, and was mated 

 to an ordinary cock Cape Sparrow. She was accidentally 

 killed. The young ones are normal birds. The albino in 

 question is of a dirty white, with very pale brown markings. 



J. r. MlRRAV. 

 Ma.«eru, 



15. 4. 12. 



