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8. Carine perlata, L, & S., B, S. Afr. p. 77 , 



This bird I got on tlie Sabi flats on 27th March; it was 

 being mobbed by a number of little birds in a mimosa-tree. 



9. Strix flammea, L. & S., B. S. Afr, p. 82. 



This bird was brought to me on 24th January ; it had 

 been caught alive in a ruined house. 



10. Caprimulgus lentiginosus, L. & S., B. S. Afr. p. 87. 



At dusk on 27th June I shot a female, and no other 

 species of Nightjar did I obtain. Does the pectination of 

 the inner edge of the middle toe-nail of this and other 

 species of birds afford a relic of evolutionary progress ? 



11. CORACIAS GARRULA, L. & S., B. S. Afr. p. 102. 



A single specimen from the Makongwa range (6000 feet) 

 behind Barberton. 



12. CoRACiAs CAUDATus_, L. & S., B. S. Afr. p. 104. 



This bird was occasionally noticed on the topmost boughs 

 of trees, but it is at all times wary and hard to approach. 

 A male was skinned on 9th June. 



13. Hapaloderma narina, L. & S., B. S. Afr. p. 106. 

 The only specimen I obtained was on that portion of the 



Makongwa range locally known as " Moodie^s Concession.'' 



14. Alcedo semitorquata, L. & S., B. S. Afr. p. 107. 

 On 30th May I obtained a male. 



15. Halcyon albiventris^ L. & S., B. S. Afr. p. 115. 



A pair shot on 21st and 29th May respectively. Their 

 stomachs were full of large gryllidse. 



16. Upupa africanta, L. & S., B. S. Afr. p. 134. 

 Several times previously, when riding past a particular 



spot, I had seen a Hoopoe, and on 5th July, after a pro- 

 longed chase, I shot this male, sitting upon a tree. It was 

 in the middle of its moult, and its stomach contained hard- 

 shelled larvae. 



17. Irrisor viridis, L. & S., B. S. Afr. p. 137. 



A female, which was in company with three others, was shot 

 on 10th June. The harsh alarm-notes were uttered as the birds 



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