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122. TOTANUS NTAGNATILIS. (8. & L. ]). 690.) 



I saw an individual of this species on Jan. 1st walking 

 about in a small pool. I watched it catch and eat a small 



fish. 



-^-123. Totanus CANESCENS. (S. & L. p. 687.) 



Common. Usually seen singly, but about the middle of 

 February 1 saw a considerable flock by the large dam. 



124. Herodias alba. (S. & L. p. 714.) 



I only once saw this fine bird, on the 1st of March j it 

 was standing at the edge of the large dam. 



125. Nycticorax griseus. (S. & L. p. 724.) 



I occasionally put up one of these birds when walking 

 through the bush. I often saw them at the large dam. 



126. Scopus umbretta. (S. & L. p. 725.) 



Common. I saw several of its huge nests on a rockv 

 ledge. 



127. Ciconia alba. (S. & L. p. 728.) 



I saw twenty-three White Storks by the large dam on 

 Feb. 17th. They stayed there some days. They allowed me 

 to approach within twenty yards of them. 



128. Plectropterus gambensis. (S. & L. p. 746.) 



I saw a Spur-winged Goose on Jan. 7th standing on the 

 sandbank in the middle of the river preening its feathers. 



129. Chenalopex jegyptiaca. (S. & L. p. 747.) 

 Common. A pair nested at the large dam. I saw them 



with five tiny goslings on Feb. 17th. The call, when about 

 to rise, is a loud " kor kor." 



130. Casarca caxa. (S. & L. p. 753.; 



Common in autumn. The call when about to rise is a 

 loud musical "kor kor.''' An officer who knows this Duck 

 well tells me that he found one sitting on its nest among 

 the rocks above the river at a place fifteen miles east of 

 Aliwal North. 



131. Anas sparsa. (S. & L. p. 756.) 



Very common. Almost always in pairs. 1 believe that 



