176 On the Ornithology of the Barberton District. 



'\i, it ran quickly away, but did not take flight. It is locally 

 kuowu as the " Paauw/' 



83. Otis scolopacea, L. & S., B. S. Afr. p. 637. 

 Locally known to colonists as the Silent Korhaan ; this 



latter word being the Dutch synonym for Bustai'd. The 

 species was noticed sparingly near wooded dongas on the 

 Barberton flats, and especially on a large farm belonging to 

 my friend Mr. Edward Bourhill. 



84. Otis afroides, L. & S., B. S. Afr. p. 642. 



Very vociferous when it is flushed ; it has the sobriquet 

 of the Noisy Korhaan. On Mr. Bourhill's farm we shot it 

 (and also Francolinus subtorquatus) on the summits of low 

 rolling grassy spurs, not far from cover. 



85. Parra AFRiCANA, L. & S., B. S. Afr. p. 618. 



I missed a bird which I fancied was Anas sparsa and killed 

 a Parra on a vlei in the Sabi flats ; upon walking round 

 the pool to pick up this bird I came upon the spoor of two 

 black rhinoceroses that had drunk at this vlei but a short 

 time before. 



86. Vanellus speciosus, L. & S., B. S. Afr. p. 679. 

 One female was shot on 1 st January. 



87. Hhynch^a capensis, L. & S., B. S. Afr. p. 679. 

 Only once seen on the banks of the North Kaap River. 



88. Scopus umbretta, L. & S., B. S. Afr. p. 725. 



The colonial Dutch name for this bird is the " Podda 

 Vanger,'' which alludes to its well-known taste for batra- 

 chians. A bird which I shot feeding in the stream which runs 

 through Fever Creek had a large number of small leeches in 

 its stomach. 



Fort Johnston, Nyasaland, 

 12tli Sept., 1895. 



