278 BIRDS OF DAMAEA LAND. 



catcher; but Mr. Layard refers to it (loc. cit,} as an inhabitant of 

 the coasts of that country, thus confirming Mr. Andersson's 

 identification of the species. The Black Oystercatcher of South 

 Africa has, I believe, not yet been figured. ED.] 



GRUIDJE. 



324. BugeranuS carunCUlatllS (GmeL). Wattled Crane. 



Grus carunculata, Gray's Genera of Birds, pi. 148. 



Layard's Oat. No. 573. 



Wattled Crane, Chapman's Travels in S. Afr., App. p. 417. 

 Bugeranus carunculatus, Gray's Hand-list of Birds, No. 10087. 



This Crane is found very sparingly in Damara Land 

 during the rainy season ; I have also observed it on the 

 rivers Okavango, Teoughe, and Dzonga, as well as at 

 Lake Ngami. 



325. Tetrapteryx paradisea (Licht.). Stanley Crane. 



Scops paradisea, Gray's Knowsley Menagerie, pi. 14. 

 Anthropoides Stanleyanus, Layard's Cat. No. 574. 



Chapman's Travels in S. Afr., App. p. 417. 



Grus paradisea, Finsch & HartlauVs Vogel Ost-Afrika's, p. 671. 

 Tetrapteryx paradisea, Gray's Hand-list of Birds, No. 10093. 



This very graceful Crane is not uncommon in Damara 

 and Great Narnaqua Land during the rainy season, but 

 migrates on the return of the dry. It is found in the 

 open country, as well as in the moist beds of periodical 

 streams, and always in pairs. It is a rather timid bird, 

 and is rarely to be obtained, except by the rifle. The 

 stomachs of the few individuals which I have opened 



