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specimens shot in October were extraordinarily fat ; they 

 were feeding on winged ants in company with C. barbatus. 



90. Caprimulgus rufigena. (1476.) 



Bloemfontein and Ingogo. Iris dark brown ; bill horn- 

 coloured ; feet dusk}' flesh-coloured. 



91. COSMETORNIS \ K.MLLARIUS. (1497.) 



I obtained a damaged skin of this Goatsucker at Ingogo 

 from a platelayer, who had killed it there two or three 

 months before. " No one in the neighbourhood had ever 

 seen the bird before," he told me. 



92. CORACIAS GARRULUS. (1512.) 



Uncommon. A male specimen was killed at Ingogo on 

 March 1st. 



93. Merops apiaster. (1536.) 



Common at Bloemfontein, where it appeared about Sept. 

 20th. I observed some evidently breeding early in November. 

 I saw no Bee-eaters in Natal. 



94. Upupa africana. (1550.) 



Common in the thickets near water at Bloemfontein. 



95. Rhinopomastus cyanomelas. (1559.) 

 Bloemfontein. Common in the mimosa-bush along the 



Modder River. Bill black ; gape yellow ; iris dark brown- 

 black • legs dark brown-black. 



96. Ceryle rudis. (1599.) 



Common at Bloemfontein and Ingogo. This bird fishes 

 from the wing, hovering over the water to find its prey and 

 then plunging in to secure it. 



97. Ceryle maxima. (1600.) 



Bloemfontein. One of these Kingfishers used to arrive 

 regularly at a dam near Bloemfontein as the light was failing. 

 I have seen it on its way there passing over the veldt at a 

 height considerably above gunshot. I do not know whether 

 this species is supposed to be crepuscular. 



98. CORYTHORNIS G'YANOSTIGMA. (1606.) 



This bird was more frequently seen by the mountain- 



