46 Mr. C. G. Davies on the 



II. — Additions to the List of Birds of the District of Matatiele, 

 E. Griqualand. By 0. O. Davies, M.B.O.U. 



Since writing my first list of the birds of this district, I 

 have collected the following 25 species, which brings the 

 number to be recorded up to 225. I have also to record a 

 second specimen of Sylvia simplex, shot last summer by my 

 friend Dr. Jacottet, a keen collector who has given me much 

 useful information about the birds found in his part of the 

 district, and has very kindly lent me several specimens. My 

 thanks are also due to Dr. Gunning and Mr. Austin Robei ts, 

 of the Transvaal Museum, for kindly identifying some of 

 my birds. 



The Lark, recorded by me in my previous list as Cerlhi- 

 lauda semitorqiiata, has been since described by Dr. Gunning 

 and Mr. Austin Roberts as a new species, to which they have 

 done me the honour of attaching my name. The Shrike, 

 recorded in the previous list as Laniarius major, should have 

 been L. ferrugineus. I have, as before, followed Gunning 

 and Haagner's new C'heck-list, and have continued the 

 numbering from the previous list. 



201. Nettapus auritus. Pigmy Goose. 



An adult female, shot on the 26.11.11, was given me in 

 the flesh, and two more specimens were shot by a friend 

 about the same time. This species does not seem to have 

 been met with before in this district. 



202. TuRNix nana. Natal Button Quail, 



I shot a single specimen of this bird last summer^ but I 

 have seen no others. 



203. Herodias alba. Great White Eo-ret. 



Lnst summer I saw one of these birds on two or three 

 occasions. It was very wild and I could not succeed 

 in shooiing it. It was always seen associating with a 

 number of //. hrachf/rhyncha, and its large size was very 

 noticeable. 



