598 Mr. B. B. Riviere on Ewopean [Ibis, 



XXXI. — Notes upon European Birds met with during a short 

 visit to South Africa. By B. B. Riviere, M.B.O.U. 



These notes were made between September 1915 and 

 February 1910, and, with a few exceptions, refer to birds 

 met with on a farm on tlie high veJd in the eastern 

 Transvaal, fifteen miles from Lake Chrissie and about 

 forty miles from the Swaziland border. 



Lanius collurio. Red-backed Shrike. This bird was 

 very common during November, December, and January 

 near Lake Chrissie. A male which 1 shot on 17 November 

 was in adult plumage and showed no sign of moult. 



Laniu3 minor. Lesser Grey Shrike. On 16 January 

 I had a very close view of two ot* these birds on a barbed- 

 wire fence just outside Kimberley Station. 



Phylloscopus trochilus. Willow - Warbler. Willow - 

 Warblers appeared from time to time in the garden (Lake 

 Chrissie) during November and December, mostly single 

 birds, though on 3 December I saw three together. One 

 I shot on 30 November was in first winter-plumage and 

 not moulting. 



Muscicapa grisola. Spotted Flycatcher. Seen fre- 

 quently in the garden during November, December, and 

 January (Lake Chrissie). A specimen shot on 24 November 

 was in first winter-[)lumage, one or two juvenile feathers 

 still being present. 



Hiruntto rustica. Swallow. During the voyage out, 

 on 19 September, when off Cape Blanco, a Swallow came 

 on board and roosted all night in the smoking-room. 

 Another passed the ship flying south on 20 September, 

 whilst two more came on board on the 22nd, when off the 

 coast of Sierra Leone and between fifty and sixty miles 

 from land. 



On 5 October I saw several in Cape Town, but they did 



