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Honeyguide ; and as one of these Mas fresh and the others 

 were advanced in incubation, I think it not unlikely that it 

 belonged to the Honeyguide. The eggs are glossy white, 

 the two measuring 25 x 18"5 and 26*2 x l&O, and the fresh 

 one 24 X 19 mm. The nest was made in the trunk of a green 

 tree, at a height of about five feet from the ground, situated 

 in a fairly open stretch of wooded veld. Both parents were 

 secured, and this is the only time I have seen the species in 

 nature. The birds were very wary, but easily recognised, 

 even at a distance, by the greater amount of golden colouring 

 and larger size than in other species found in the bushveld. 



Bearded Woodpecker (^Alesopicos namaquvs). — A specimen 

 was secured near the pan in April 1910, and others were 

 heard subsequently ; but it may be regarded as a rare 

 species. Its resonant tapping, in the peculiar manner noted 

 of the Boror birds, was easily recognised. 



Cardinal Woodpecker (Mesopkos guineensiii) . — This species 

 was very common, but I did not succeed in finding nests 

 with eggs, probably on account of its breeding at a different 

 time from that of the Barbets. 



Red-faced Coly {Colius Indicns). — The Red-faced Mouse- 

 bird is very common everywhere and numbers of nests with 

 eggs were observed. The clutch varies in number from two 

 to four, the eggs being of a cream-coloured ground more or 

 less streaked with blood-coloured markings ; thej are very 

 rough in texture and measure 20"2-22'5 x 14'8-15'8 mm. 

 The nests are made of wool loosely arranged on a platform 

 of twigs, and situated in the matted part of a small thorn- 

 tree, as a rule. 



Young birds might well be mistaken for another species, 

 for as soon as they can fly, all the feathering is complete, 

 but on a smaller scale ; the head is then lighter and more 

 uniformly coloured, and the soft parts are yellow. 



South African Grey Hornbill {Lophoceros nasvtus epirhinus) . 

 — This species is very common, especially in the tiiller trees 

 of the pan. Though males were seen flying to and fro in 



