600 Mr. B. B. Riviere on European [Ibis, 



Falco vespertinus. Red-footed Falcon. On 30 De- 

 cember I saw a flock of about a dozen Red-footed Falcons 

 on a barbed-wire fence beside tbe road (Lake Chrissie). 

 These birds appeared to be dark under the wing, and 

 therefore I think belonged to the western, and not the 

 eastern race (F. v. amurensis). 



Circus macrurus. Pallid Harrier. Tliis beautiful 

 Harrier was common on the veld around Lake Chrissie. 

 The female is the poultry-rearer's worst enemy, one my host 

 shot on 14 November having a very long score chalked up 

 against her in the matter of young chickens, before she 

 was bagged, 



Buteo desertorum. Steppe Buzzard. Fairly common on 

 the veld in the Lake Chrissie district, and often to be 

 seen perched on the telegraph-posts and barbed-wire fences 

 beside the road. 



Ciconia ciconia. White Stork. Storks did not arrive 

 at Lake Chrissie until 1 December, after which date they 

 were always to be met with wandering about over the veld, 

 or at the " water-pans.''' Owing to the protection afforded 

 them as '' locust birds," they are extremely tame. 



Ardea purpurea. Purple Heron. One or two usually 

 to be seen at every water-pan (Lake Chrissie). A female 

 which I shot on 12 December was moultino- the feathers of 

 the head, neck, and body. 



Ardeola ralloides. Squacco Heron. Seen several times 

 at the water-pan on the farm (Lake Chrissie). 



Streptopelia turtur. Turtle Dove. On the outward 

 voyage a Turtle Dove came on board on 21 September when 

 off the coast of Portuguese Guinea, and another on the 22nd 

 when off Sierra Leone. 



Glareola nordmanni. Black-winged Pratincole. I picked 

 up a dead specimen on 13 October, an adult moulting into 



