804 BIRDS OF SOUTH AFRICA. 
Page 90. CypsELUS APUS. 
Numbers seen on the 12th of January at Potchefstroom; a good many 
seen flying northwards on the 8th of February (Ayres). 
Between Sibanani and Tamasancha, December 9th (J. Oates). 
** About eleven o’clock in the morning of the 27th of November we saw 
a large number of Swifts on their migration towards the south- 
east. We also saw a few at the Umyuli in September and 
October, and at Dry Hart River in December and January” 
(Ayres). 
Towards the middle of September appeared in the neighbourhood of 
Newcastle, and apparently nested (B., F., and R.). 
Page 92. CYPSELUS PALLIDUS. 
Capangombe: native name Kapiapia (Anchieta). 
Page 92. CYPSELUS CAFFER. 
Mashoona Land (Ayres). 
First appeared near Newcastle on October 27th, afterwards common; 
a pair breeding at Sunday’s River on November 17th (B., ’.,and R.). 
Page 95. CypseLUS MELBA. 
Appears in North-western Natal early in September. Observed in 
Maritzburg on August 23rd (B., F., and R.), 
Page 95. Mbrops APIASTER. 
Crocodile River, November 15th. Inshlangeen, December. Hendrik’s 
Viley, December 18th (F. Oates). 
Page 97. Merops SUPERCILIOSUS. 
Near the mouth of the Mooi, at the junction of that river with the 
Vaal; also received from Marico (Barratt). 
Transvaal (Ayres). 
Hendrik’s Vley, December 18th (F. Oates). 
Native name in Bengnela, Lengué (Anchieta). 
Page 99. MEROPS BULLOCKOIDES. 
Near Rustenberg ; Pretoria (Barratt). 
Exceedingly common about Rustenberg (Ayres). 
Ganyani River, September 18th. Appears about this date and pairs 
off for breeding, but not in great numbers (Ayres). 
Crocodile River, July and November (1. Oates). 
Page 99. MERoPsS NUBICOIDES. 
Appeared in considerable numbers on the Umyuli River about the 
14th of September. Matabili name Inconjani (Ayres). 
Daka River, January 20th. Gernah, January 24th (F. Oates). 
Caconda, Benguela (Anchieta). 
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