10 Dr. R. 13. Sharpe on Birds 



24. Tetrapteryx paradisea. 



Anthropo'ules paradisea (Licht.) ; Sharpe, ed. Layard, 

 p. 028 (1884) ; Reichenow, t. c. p. 203 (1900). 



Tetrapteryx paradisea Sharpe, Cat. 13. xxiii. p. 208 

 (1894) j id. Hand-1. B. i. p. 178 (1899). 



a. $ ad. Deelfontein, March 19, 1902. 



b. ? pull. „ April 3, 1902. 



One egg, which measures : axis 4\2, diain. 2'55 inches. 



The young bird is grey like the adult, but differs in 

 having the crown covered with downy feathers of a pale 

 tawny colour. 



[The Stanley Crane was very common on most of the 

 farms, generally occurring in pairs during the breeding- 

 season, but it was rather wild. These birds were fond of 

 frequenting the wheat-fields, where they lived principally on 

 corn and other grain, sometimes as many as a dozen being 

 seen together. They are often brought up tame by the 

 Kaffirs, and kept at their kraals. The flesh is very good 

 eating. The eggs arc two in number, and the nest, which 

 is made of sticks, is placed on the top of a bush about twelve 

 feet from the ground, covering its entire summit. The eggs 

 are much sought after by the Kaffirs for food.] 



25. Scopus umbretta. 



Scopus umbretta Gm. ; Sharpe, ed. Layard, p. 72") (1884) ; 

 id. Cat. B. xxvi. p. 288 (1898) ; id. Hand-1. B. i. p. 193 

 (1899). 



a. S ad - Deelfontcin, March 10, 1901. 



b,c. S ? ad - » March 5, 1902. 



d. ? ad. „ April 8, 1902. 



The female procured on the 8th of April seems to me to 

 be somewhat immature. It has the plumage of a paler 

 brown, and has nearly completed its moult to the fully adult 

 plumage, in which the brown has a purple gloss. The 

 under tail-coverts and under wing-coverts in the young bird 

 shew traces of dusky cross-bands, which I take to be another 

 sign of immaturity. 



[The (C Hammer-Kop " was a common resident all the 



