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Jackal-Buzzard {Bxdeo jackal). — I have not found any 

 nests. 



Bataleur {Helotarsus ecandatus). — Common in the moun- 

 tains and kloofs. I have not found the nests. 



Black-shouldered Kite {Elanus coeruleus). — Common. 

 It usually builds in isolated trees. The nest is composed of 

 sticks and twigs, lined with grass and hair. 



Breeding season August to February. 



It lays four to five greenish-coloured eggs, spotted and 

 blotched with brown. 



Yellow-billed Kite [Milvus cegyptius). — Common in 

 certain parts of the district. It nests in krantzes on a 

 ledge under an overhanging rock. 



Breeding season November. 



It lavs in a depression in a rock three whitish eggs with 

 red-brown blotches. 



Spotted Eagle-Owl (Bubo maculosus). — Very common. 

 Its nesting-place is usually on the bare ground under an 

 overhanging rock. 



Breeding season September to January. 



It lays two white eggs. 



Bush-Owl {Syrn'mm woodfordi). — Not uncommon in the 

 bushveld and bushy kloofs. I have not found any 

 nests. 



Marsh-Owl {Ano capeMsis). — Common in certain parts 

 of the district. I have not found any nests. 



Barn-Owl (^Strix fiammed). — Common. I have found 

 their nests in lofts, in a thick patch of rushes along a river, 

 in the deserted nest of a Hammerhead, and between the 

 roof and ceiling of the Dutch Reformed Church in Humans- 

 dorp — this latter pair caused quite a commotion. For some 

 time, as soon as the organ started playing, two or three 

 frightful screeches would be heard, and at last a rumour got 

 about that the church was haunted. One evening as I was 



