Mr. Layard's 'Birds of South Africa.' 269 



528. Francolinus sephaena; Perdix sephaena, A. Smith, 

 Rep. p. 55 (1836); F. pileatus, Id. III. Zool. S. Afr. ii. text to 

 pi. 14. 



Banks of the Marikwa and Limpopo Rivers, north of Kur- 

 richaine (Smith). 



537. Pterocles gutturalis, A. Smith, Rep. p. 56. 

 North and south of Kurrichaine (Smith, loc. cit.), about 



eighty miles east of Latakoo {Fd. 111. Zool. S. Afr. text to 

 pi. 3). 



538. Pterocles variegatus, Burch., A. Smith, Rep. p. 56. 

 Between Latakoo and the Tropic (Smith). 



546. EupoDOTis RUFiCRisTA ; Otis ruficrista, A. Smith, Rep. 

 p. 56. 



Between Latakoo and the Tropic (Smith) . " Does not occur 

 in the colony " (Layard) ! 



We are far from complaining that Mr. Layard has included 

 notices of these species, and perhaps a few more, in his 

 work. It seems in every way probable that some of them will 

 in time be recognized as stragglers to within the line he has 

 drawn, and in that character have a far better claim to his at- 

 tention than several species known to be from Madagascar, 

 India, or even still more distant countries, which he has ad- 

 mitted merely because they have been assigned to the Cape 

 Colony by Le Vaillant and other questionable authorities. Yet, 

 to be consistent, Mr. Layard, we conceive, should also have 

 inserted in his useful work some half-dozen more species also 

 observed by Sir Andrew Smith during the expedition aforesaid; 

 for they have, as it appears to us, equal claim to the privilege. 

 These are : — 



(1) Falco semitorquatus, A. Smith, Rep. p. 44. 

 Old Latakoo. 



(2) Malaconotm australis, A. Smith, Rep. p. 44. 

 North of Kurrichaine. 



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