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106. TlUCHOL.EMA LEUCOMELAS. (1750.) 



The note of this bird is like the creaking of a door. It 

 moves among the branches like a Titmouse. The stomach 

 of one shot contained pomegranate and other seeds. 



107. Geocolaptes olivaceus. (1802.) 



Only one family party was seen at Bloemfontein, but at 

 Ingogo this Woodpecker was abundant. I saw a pair settle 

 on some bushes; they perched on the topmost twigs. Iris 

 reddish straw-coloured ; legs dusky flesh-coloured ; bill black. 



108. CoLUMBA PH.EONOTA. (1860.) 



I saw this Pigeon near Bloemfontein only on the high 

 kopjes, but at Ingogo it was very common, and the flocks 

 which came to feed on the grain scattered where convoys 

 had camped afforded us good shooting and excellent pies. 

 Bill horn-coloured ; gape and bare space by the eye rosy 

 crimson ; iris pale yellow ; feet rosy, nails horn-coloured. 



109. Turtur capicola. (1883.) 



Very common at Bloemfontein and Ingogo ; it ranged 

 further up the kloofs, kopjes, and wild ground than T. sene- 

 (jahnsis, though it is also abundant at lower elevations. 



110. Turtur senegalexsis. (1887.) 



Very common at Bloemfontein wherever bushes and 

 cultivated ground are found together ; occurs very sparingly 

 at Ingogo. 



111. GEna capensis. (1897.) 



Very common at Bloemfontein and Ingogo ; frequently 

 seen feeding on spilled grain in our horse-lines. It nests on 

 the ground among the rocks or very low down in the bushes 

 on the kopjes. 



112. Strix flammea. (1937.) 



I saw only one pair of this Owl, which came out of a cave 

 in a krantz at Bloemfontein. 



113. Strix capensis. (1939.) 



The only pair seen rose from some long rough grass at 

 Ingogo. 



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