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Cape Quail (Cotumix africana). — Some years they are 

 very plentiful on the lands. They lay in a depression in 

 the ground under a tu£t o£ grass or in a land among the crops. 



Breeding season November to January. 



They lay from five to fourteen light brown eggs, spotted 

 and blotched with dark brown. 



Harlequin-Quail (^Cotumix delegorguii). — An occasiunal 

 visitor. 



Hottentot, Mountain, or Button Quail {Tuimix Uj'^u- 

 rana). — Not uncommon. It lays in a depression in the 

 ground under a tuft of grass or bush. 



Breeding season November to January. 



It lays three to five gcey eggs, thickly mottled with 

 slate. 



XI. — The Summer Migration of 1915-16 as observed in the 

 Eastern Districts of tJie Cape Province. By Rev. Robert 

 Godfrey, Somerville, Tsolo. 



During the winter of 1915 that tantalising species, the 

 "White-bellied Swift, paid us a visit on July 21. On that 

 day a pair were flying about over Alice, and, after a month's 

 absence, the species reappeared on August 20. On the 

 latter occasion five birds were careering over Lovedale in 

 the heat of the day, and finally retired in the direction of 

 Alice. 



The true harbinger of the migratory host proved to be the 

 White-throated Swallow, which was detected a few days 

 earlier than usual, The first was noticed on the Keiskama 

 beside the railway bridge at Middledrift on August 25, and 

 on September 10 the species was present in some numbers 

 along that part of the Tyumie which flows through Lovedale 

 grounds. In my new centre of observation I find this 

 Swallow widely spread in summer. They remained in the 

 neighbourhood of Tsolo till April 2, but I believe that the 

 Blue-backed Shallows niet with on May 2 and 5 belonged 



