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any other bird. No. 6 shot is the best with which 

 to bring it down. 



As to the doves, they are of three varieties, — one 

 of these, which is very common, and found in great 

 numbers near fields of sorghum, somewhat resembles 

 our own ring-dove, but is rather smaller, having a 

 black ring round its neck. The Kafirs, by whom it 

 is called the jura, snare and trap this bird to a great 

 extent. Its flesh is dryer than that of its relatives. 

 It is a strong-flying bird, requiring No. 6 shot to 

 kiU it. 



Two other species, one about the size of a mistle- 

 thrush, and the other somewhat smaller, have been 

 named the m'tundulu and the a'tundulu by the Kafirs 

 from their notes. The larger kind is chestnut on the 

 back and head, and white on the under-parts, with 

 reddish wings. The other has very much the same 

 colouring, only the wings are metallic green, and 

 tawny on the under side. 



Towards the end of September, 1904, we made an 

 excursion into the plain of the Mavuzi, a tributary on 

 the right bank of the Pungwe. At this spot is a 

 granite plateau, separating the basins of the Pungwe 

 and the Honde. Along the banks of the Mavuzi 

 are a number of Kafir villages, having well-cultivated 

 land, and even possessing rice-plantations. I saw 

 there several traces of waterbucks, hartebeests, and 

 roan antelopes, but there is quite an army of Kafirs 

 in the district, hunting on behalf of Europeans ; the 



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