On Birds from Mashonaland. 241 



57. Phalacrocor.\x africanus. 



Phalacrocorax africanus (Gm.) ; Shelley, Ibis, 189 1-, p. 28 ; 

 Reichen. Voj^. Deutsch-Ost-Afr. p. 22. 

 Lake Shirwa. Two specimens. 



58. PODICEPS CAPENSIS. 



Tachybaptes fluviatilis, Shelley, Ibis, 1894, p. 478. 

 Colymbus fliiviatUis, Reichen. Vog. Deutsch-Ost-Afr. p. 17. 

 Podiceps capensis, " Licht.^'; Salvad. Ann. Mus. Civ. Gen. 

 1884, p. 236. 



Lake Shirwa. One specimen. 



XX. — Notes on a small Collection of Birds from 

 Mashonaland. By Guy A. K. Marshall. 



I HAVE forwarded to my friend. Dr. Bowdler Sharpe, a small 

 collection of birds from the vicinity of Salisbury, in Mashona- 

 land, and, at his request, I have added a few notes on the 

 habits and soft parts of some of the species. 



1. ASTURINULA MONOGRAMMICA. 



Asturinula monogrammica (T.) ; Sharpe, ed. Layard's B. S. 

 Afr. p. 42 (1875). 



No, 2. Salisbury, July 27, 1894. Legs and cere ver- 

 milion ; bill black ; iris brown ; anterior portion of palate 

 vermilion, posterior portion black. In crop, one small snake 

 and one scorpion. Native name " Rgwodsi '' (meaning 

 " Hawk " generally, I think) . 



2. Merops apiaster. 



Merops apiaster, Linn. ; Sharpe, t. c. p. 96. 



No. 9. ?. Salisbury, Nov. 7, 1894. Bill black; legs 

 slate ; iris carmine. In stomach hyraenoptera only. Native 

 name " Makwirokwiro.^'' 



3. Halcyon pallidiventris. 



Halcyon pallidiventris, Cab. ; Sharpe, Cat. B. xvii. p. 235. 



No. 21. S' Salisbury, Dec. 19, 1894. Bill and legs 

 vermilion, claws dark horn-colour ; iris dark brown. In 

 stomach, remains of a large grasshopper {Clonia ivahlbergi) 



