Birds from South Africa. 537 



142. Podicipes capensis. (2288.) 

 Ingogo and Bloemfontein. 



143. FtJLICA cristata. (2295.) 



Bloemfontein. Iris dark brown ; legs leaden coloured, 

 with a green garter; bill whitish; forehead &c. white, with 

 two chestnut-red knobs above. 



144. RaLLUS CiERULESCENS. (2300.) 



Only two examples of this Rail were met with, in long 

 grass by a little stream near Ingogo. Legs horn-coloured ; 

 iris scarlet; rim of eye scarlet; bill — basal half magenta, 

 tip horn-coloured. 



145. Crex pratensis. (2303.) 



I obtained two examples of the Land-Rail near Ingogo. 



146. Ortygops ayresi. (2314.) 



Coturnicops ayresi Gurney, Ibis, 1871, p. 352, pi. vii. 



Ortygops ayresi Sharpe, Cat. B. xxiii. p. 139. 



The only specimen of this rare Rail obtained was found 

 feeding on some floating weeds on a small dam near 

 Bloemfontein on October 9th, 1901 ; I nearly passed it over, 

 thinking that it was a young Coot. Iris black ; legs dark 

 brown with a greenish tinge ; bill dark horn-coloured. 



147. Turnix lepurana. (2324.) 



This bird occurs near Ingogo, singly or in pairs, in very 

 high grass; although five inches of covert would serve to 

 hide it, it prefers to live under five feet of grass. Iris straw- 

 coloured ; bill bluish grey ; legs and feet flesh-coloured. 



148. Coturnix capensis. (2331.) 



Apparently resident all the year at Bloemfontein and 

 Ingogo. It is found in small numbers on arable ground. 



149. Coturnix delagorguii. (2332.) 



There was a considerable arrival of these Quails while I 

 was at Ingogo ; they stayed about six weeks. The white 

 farmers said that in twenty years they had never seen the birds 

 before. The Kaffirs stated that they always followed a war, 



