14 Dr. R. B. Sbarpe on Birds 



nest. It is a very solitary bird, and, when frightened, is 

 unspeakably noisy. It is rather shy, but can be approached 

 on horseback. It is very fond of feeding along the roads, 

 and we found insects and the tops of the karoo bush in the 

 stomach. It did not bear captivity well.] 



21 . Heterotetrax vigorsi. 



Otis scolopacea Temm. ; Sharpe, ed. Layard, pp. GST, 854 

 (1884). 



Heterotetrax vigorsi (Smith) ; Sbarpe, Cat. B. xxiii. p. 290 

 (1894) ; id. Haud-1. B. i. p. 174 (1899). 



Otis vigorsi Reichenow, t. c. p. 248 (1900). 



a. ? ad. Deelfontein, Feb. 26, 1902. 



b, c. S ? ad. Deelfontein, March 19, 1902. Feet dull 

 chrome-yellow ; bill dark slate-coloured, the base of the 

 lower mandible whitish. 



(I ? ad. Deelfontein, March 22, 1902. 



e. ? ad. „ April 9, 1902. Irides brownish 



grew 



/. cJ ad. „ July 6, 1902. 



g. J ad. „ Sept. 6, 1902. 



In colouring the sexes are alike, but the female has 

 somewhat coarser and more distinct patches of black on 

 the upper surface, and has more distinct black bars across 

 the tail. 



By some mistake I have given the axillaries of this species 

 as " white " in the " Key " in the ' Catalogue of Birds/ 

 They should have been described as brown with blackish 

 vermiculations, like the flanks. A pair of adult birds 

 measure : — 



$ ad. 



[Like the foregoing species, this Bustard was very fond of 

 frequenting the sides of roads, and was found in batches of 

 five to seven individuals It was very common and not very 

 noisy, though wild at times, when it had to be approached 

 on horseback. It was resident with us and bred. Though 



