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and they can be heard a long way off, calling out ‘mahem’ with a 
delightful mellow note. At the present time I have four living, 
which I brought over from the Orange Free State and Transvaal. 
They all, with the exception of the young one, have the white 
cheek ; I have seen birds from the western coast with it red; but 
Ihave never seen them so from the Transvaal. All I have shot, 
heard of, or seen, have had the cheek white. The eggs I have 
always found to be white with a bluish cast; some state, however, 
that they are spotted; but I have never found them so. I have 
seen these birds a few miles north of Pretoria.” 
It was observed during Mr. Jameson’s expedition in the Mashoona 
country in September and October, and Professor Barboza du 
Bocage states that he has received two specimens from the Zambesi. 
Mr. Andersson writes :—‘‘ I have never observed this handsome bird 
in Great Namaqua or Damara Land ; but I have met with it at Lake 
N’gami, and also on the rivers Botletlé, Teoughe, and Okavango. In 
Ondonga it is very common during the dry season, but leaves the 
open plains when the wet season returns. It is met with singly or 
in pairs, and sometimes in small flocks, and presents a very graceful 
appearance as it stalks leisurely about in search of its food, which 
consists of various insects, of the smaller reptiles, and, it is said, of 
fish also.” 
Senor Anchieta has only procured the species at Humbe on the 
Cunene River. 
The eggs were found in the Transvaal by Mr. T. E. Buckley, who 
describes them as white, slightly tinged with blue, and Canon 
Tristram also describes the egg as white, with a green lining 
membrane, its texture glossy, and its size about that of the egg of 
a Goose. 
The Messrs. R. B. and J. D. S. Woodward in the “ Zoologist” 
(vol. 33, p. 4509) record the occurrence of the Demoiselle Crane 
(Anthropoides virgo) in Natal, where it is said to be the commonest 
of the Cranes in that colony. The bird intended is doubtless the 
present species, as the name “ Kafir Crane” is given as belonging 
to it, but the description appears to suit the Demoiselle, and was 
perhaps taken from some book. ‘The latters species inhabit South- 
Eastern Europe and India. 
Upper parts, leaden-grey ; lightest on the hackle-shaped feathers 
of the throat ; top of the head, velvety black ; chin black; back of 
