242 Mr. Guy A. K. Marsliall on 



and one beetle. I fancy this Kingfisher cannot be very 

 common, as the Kafirs have no name for it. I saw it on 

 19th Dec. for the first time, and shot it in the bush a long 

 way from water. The Kafirs say that it is entirely a bush- 

 bird. 



4. COCCYSTES GLANDARIUS. 



Coccystes glandarius (Linn.) ; Sharpe, t. c. p. 157. 



No. 14. S ad. Salisbury, Nov. 11, 1894. Iris dark grey; 

 bill black, the lower mandible flesh-colour beneath ; feet 

 dark slate-colour. In stomach a large hairy caterpillar. 

 Native name " Rgwodsi " (meaning " Hawk,'' for which the 

 bird is mistaken by the Kafirs) . 



5. Melanobucco torquatus. 



Melanohucco torquatus (Dumont) ; Shelley, Cat. B. Brit. 

 Mus. xix. p. 24 (1891). 



Pogonorhynchus torquatus, Sharpe, ed. Layard's B. S. Afr. 

 p. 172. 



No. 33. ? . Salisbury (5000 ft.), April 15, 1895. Bill 

 blackish; legs dark slate; iris dull crimson. In stomach, 

 berries containing large and very hard stones. 



6. Dendropicus cardinalis. 



Dendropicus cardinalis (Gra.) ; Sharpe, ed. Layard's B. S. 

 Afr. p. 190 (1875). 



No. 1. S ad. Salisbury, July 26, 1894. Bill and legs 

 black ; iris brown. 



No. 2. S ad. Salisbury, April 14, 1895. Bill black ; legs 

 dark slate; iris dull crimson. In stomach, two caterpillars 

 and insects. Native name " Mupupu." 



7. Pycnonotus layardi. 



Pyawnotus layardi, Gurney ; Sharpe, t. c. p. 207. 

 No. 29. ? . Salisbury, April 14, 1895. Bill black ; legs 

 black ; iris brown. In stomach insects. 



8. ThAMNOL^A SUBRUriPENNlS. 



Thamnolcea subrufipennis , Reichen. Vog. Deutsch-Ost-Afr. 

 p. 234. 



No. 26. J ad, Salisbury, April 12, 1895. Legs and bill 



