50 Occasional Xotcs. 



V, — Occasional Kates. 



1. Whitk Stukks near Bethlehem, O.F.S, — I luive 

 noticed that the White Storks are very fond of feeding 

 in the close proximity of veldt fires, some even approaching 

 to within a couple of feet of the actual blaze, and appear to 

 be very busy catching insects &c. which are driven out by 

 the heat. Percy E. Hale. 



Bethlehem, O.F.S., 



21.2.11. 



2. Strange Flight of Swallows. — On Jainiary IGtli 

 last a vast concourse of Swallows (species ?) was seen at 

 Silverton, near James' Halt. The time was 6.45 p.m., and 

 the birds were tiying in an E.N.E. direction very close to 

 the ground. They were seen by two Silverton residents, 

 who had no doubt that the birds were Swallows, and later 

 by the N.C.O. in charge of the Silverton Police Station, 

 through which the birds passed, still flying very low. It 

 wonld be interesting to know what was the object of this 

 concerted movement, and to which species they belonged. 



Pretoria, F. VaUGHAN KuujV. 



9 2.11. 



3. Whjte SwALLdW. — On Januai'}' 1st of this year 1 was 



walking in froiu Silverton to Pretoria, and close to where 



the Delagoa Bay line crosses the road, about 1 i miles west 



of Silverton, 1 passed a number of Swallows and Martins 



perched on the wire fence and along the telegraph-wires. 



Amongst them was one snow-wdiite in plumage, and as 



J twice iiot within 30 feet of it T was able to assure mvself 



that he carried no dark feathers whatever. The first time 



I a])proached it from the front, the bird being ^ery tame 



and confiding ; then it flew nj), circled in the air a lew 



times, and again settled, this time permitting me to creep 



through the wires and approach it from behind and as 



closely as before. Most of the Swallows accompanying it 



were IJirundo albiyulavis, with a few //. semirufu. 



