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A NATURALIST IN THE TRANSVAAL. 



Order PICARLE. 



Merops apiaster, Linn. European Bee- 



eater. 

 Melittophagus meridio- Little Bee-eater. 



nalis, Sharpe. 

 Coracias caudata, V. 



Lophoceros leucomelas 



(Licht.). 

 Upupa africana, Bechst. 



Lilac - breasted 

 Holler. 



Yellow - billed 



Hornbill. 

 South-African 



Hoopoe. 



Schizorhis concolorj Smith. Grey Plantain- 

 eater. 

 Chrysococcyx cupreus Golden Cuckoo. 



(Bodd.). 

 Trachyphonus cafer, Less. Levaillant^s 



Barbet. 



Dendropicus cardinalis Cardinal Wood- 

 (Gm.). pecker. 



Pretoria. 

 Pretoria, 



Spelonken, 



Zoutpansberg, 



Pretoria. 



Pretoria. 



Pretoria, Zout- 

 pansberg. 

 Pretoria. 



Pretoria. 

 Pretoria. 



Order PASSERES. 



Turdus litsitsirupa, Smith. 



Pycnonotus layardi, 



Gurney. 

 Monticolabrevipes, Strickl. 



&Scl. 



Cossypha caffra (Linn.) . 

 Myrmecocichlaformicivora, 



Vieill. 

 Saxicola monticola, Vieill. 



Saxicola familiaris, Steph. 

 Saxicola pileata (Gm.) . 

 Pratincola torquata 

 (Linn.). 



South-African 



Thrush. 

 Bulbul. 



Spelonken, 



Zoutpansberg. 



Pretoria. 



Short - footed Pretoria. 



Rock-Thrush. 



Cape Chat-Thrush, Pretoria. 

 Southern Ant- Pretoria. 



eating Wheatear. 

 Mountain Wheat- Pretoria. 



ear. 



Familiar Chat. Pretoria. 

 Capped Wheatear. Pretoria. 

 S. -African Stone- Pretoria. 



Chat. 



