OrnitJioLx/ical ^^ofes from NataJ. 19 



II. — Ornithological Notes from Natal. 

 By E. C. Chubb, Curator, Durban Museum. 



Ringed Bird found at Port Shepstone. 



The Durban Museum recently received from the Magistrate 

 at Port Shepstone a Tern, which was found dead on the 

 beach there on the 8th July last, bearing a ring of the Bird 

 Protection Station at Rositten in German}-, inscribed as 

 follows :— " Vogelwarte Rossitten, F 22020." 



It appears to be an immature example of the Common 

 Tern [Sterna fJnr'iatilis, Naum.), in winter plumage, 



Bar-Tailed Godwit (Llmosa lapponica, Linn.) in Natal. 



In a previous number of the 'Journal' (vol. vii. p. 80) I 

 recorded the occurrence of the Black-tailed Godwit [Limosa 

 limosa, Linn.) for the first time in South Africa, an example 

 having been obtained at Durban by Mr. H. M. Millar in 

 February 1911. 



I now take the opportunity of recording a visit to South 

 Africa on the part of the Bar-tailed Godwit {Limosa laj^- 

 ponica, Linn.), a specimen of which was shot for the Durban 

 Museum by Mr. H. M. Millar at the head of Durban Bay 

 in March 1012. It seems to be an adult l)ird in winter 

 plumage. 



Black-Tailed Tropic-Bird (Phaeton leptnrus, Daud.) 

 in Natal. 



The Durban Museum possesses an example of the Black- 

 tailed Tropic-Bird (Phaeton lepturiis, Da-ud.), Avhicli was shot 

 by the donor, Mr. J. Alder, at the Umgeni River bridge, 

 4 miles N.E. of Durban, on 5th February, 1912. 



As far as I am aware, this bird has not been hitherto 

 recorded on the mainland of Africa, and the only species up 

 to the present included in the South African list is the Red- 

 tailed Tropic-Bird (Phaeton ruhricanda, Bodd.) on the 

 evidence of a tail-feather picked up on the beach at Port 

 Elizabeth some years ago. 



