Oie Summer Miyratlon of 1915-lG. 145 



On previous occasions questions have been raised regard- 

 ino- the status of the Paradise Flycatcher in our district, but 

 but my own experience still leads me to ])lace it among the 

 miorants. The first recorded during the current season was 

 feen at Pirie on October 18 by Miss Jennie Erskin, and 

 the last was observed in the Somerville mission-garden on 

 March 22. 



An even more interesting Flycatcher that appears in 

 these migration reports for the first time is the Northern 

 Spotted Flycatcher. . Though this plain-plumaged species 

 has been obtained in the Buffalo Basin, it has hitherto 

 attracted little attention. In our new quarters we were 

 deliohted to receive a visit from one of these birds at the 

 end of February ; it arrived in our garden on the 26th, 

 forcing itself under our notice at once by its call, and it 

 remained with us till March 2. 



Of migratory birds of prey, the Egyptian Kite was the first 

 to put in an appearance. Towards evening on August 29, 

 one was quartering fearlessly along the Nkosiane stream 

 at Pirie, and later in the season the bird was one of the 

 regular features in the landscape about Ntaba Kandoda. 

 Around Somerville^ this species is quite as conspicuous as it 

 is at Pirie, and was seen up till March 7, a week later than 

 the latest Pirie record. 



Naumann's Kestrels were as numerous as usual about 

 King AVilliamstown from the 10th of November to the last 

 week in March, and established themselves at Colonel Style's 

 house. On January 4, 1 saw a number of. these little Hawks 

 at their former haunt in the old cemetery, and that same 

 evening I visited tlieir new haunt in company with Mr. Arthur 

 Weir. On being disturbed, the roosting birds issued forth 

 from their chosen tree in a series of extended rippling 

 waves that suggested the widening circles set in motion by 

 the dro])})ing of a stone on the surface of a quiet pool. 



AVhile staying at Fenwick Cottage, on the watershed 

 between the Buffalo and the Keiskama, we were visited bv 

 a small Hock of these Hawks on the evening of December 11; 



