Field-notes on Birds from South Africa. 519 



XXXIX. — Field-notes on Birds obtained or observed at Bloem- 

 fontein, O.R.C., and at Inr/or/o, Natal, in 1901 and 190.2. 

 By Major S. R. Clarke, F.Z.S., M.B.O.U. 



The birds mentioned in the following list were obtained or 

 observed by me at Bloemfontein, in the Orange-River Colony, 

 and at Ingogo, in Natal, in 1901 and 1902. I was at Bloem- 

 fontein from April to December 1901 — that is, through the 

 whole of the winter and the first two summer months of that 

 year— and at Ingogo, in Natal, from December 1901 to June 

 1902, being the latter half of the summer and the first two 

 months of the winter. 



Ingogo is on the railway about fourteen miles north of 

 Newcastle, and some 4000 feet above the sea-level. Some 

 of the surrounding hills reach almost 7000 feet in altitude. 



Eighty-five of the species mentioned were observed only 

 at Bloemfontein and forty-six only at Ingogo, while forty- 

 four were found in both these places. 



I have included under each locality the country that could 

 be covered in a day's ride; this brings Volksrust under 

 Ingogo and the Modeler Bush under Bloemfontein. The 

 construction of large dams, the irrigation of arable plots, 

 and the planting of shelter-belts and orchards have probably 

 added to the avifauna of Bloemfontein a variety of species 

 which it did not originally possess. Owing to my spare time 

 at Ingogo being limited, I fear that the list of birds found 

 there is very incomplete. 



The numbers in brackets following the names refer to the 

 index-numbers in the first volume of Captain G. E. Shelley's 

 ' Birds of Africa/ I take this opportunity of expressing to 

 Captain Shelley my most grateful thanks for his kindness 

 in assisting me to identify my specimens. 



1. Negtarinia famosa. (7.) 



Nectarinia famosa Stark, Fauna of S. A., Birds, i. p. 276. 

 Ingogo. This is a common bird ; it frequents the flowers 

 on the open grass-slopes of the mountains round Ingogo. 



2. ZOSTEROPS PALLIDA. (98.) 



Bloemfontein. Local. Very common on one farm, but 



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