108 Dr. P. Renrlall on the Ornithology of the 



moved restlessly from tree to tree. The remains of a cater- 

 pillar and some coleoptera were found in the stomach. 



18. TcjRACus coRYTHAix (Wagl.) ; Shelley, Cat. B. xix. 

 p. 440. 



Generally seen in pairs, but is uncommon, save in the low 

 tsetse-fly country beyond Honey-bird Port. On the 4th 

 August I procured a male. 



19. COCCYSTES HYPOPINARIUS, L. & S., B. S. Afr. p. 158. 

 The only specimen of this bird which I saw was one shot 



on 6th November. 



20. Centropus natalensis, L. & S., B. S. Afr. p. 163. 

 Though it is more than probable that the common species 



is to be found along the De Kaap watershed, yet I never 

 handled it. A female of C. natalensis was shot on 6th June. 



21. Indicator major, L. & S., B. S. Afr. p. 168. 



"While hunting large game with my friend Mr. W. A. 

 Caldecott in the Sabi flats infested by tsetse-fly, we had to 

 thank this little bird for many a good feast of honey-comb, 

 especially in the neighbourhood of the Matiwamba Creek. 

 I never met with a single instance in which this bird led 

 any of my friends or their natives to aught save a bees'- 

 nest. In my experience — or, more accurately, opinion — 

 stories of people being led to snakes, leopards, wild cats, 

 &c., are readily accounted for by the chance that may attend 

 anyone making a " bee-line ^^ through country where all wild 

 animals are plentiful. The thrilling hair-breadth escapes 

 that I heard of were based on hearsay evidence or were of 

 native origin. 



22. POGONORHYNCHUS TORQUATUS, L. & S., B. S. Afr. p. 172. 

 I got two males of this Barbet : one on 12th June, and 



the second, though five weeks later, was from the same spot, 

 on the banks of the Lompagwana River. Both were feeding 

 on the fruit of a wild fig-tree, with the seeds of which their 

 stomachs were filled, 



23. PoGONgRHYNCHUS LEUCOMELAS, L. & S., B. S. Afr. 

 p. 173. 



This bird has a knack of frustrating your stealthy advances 



