212 Mr. \V. L. Sclater on Birds collected 



Taking tlie collection by localities, it may be divided as 

 follows : — 



Little Namaqualand 68 species, 370 examples. 



Capetown district 48 „ 157 „ 



Knysna district 81 „ 283 „ 



Natal and Zululand 187 „ 778 „ 



Transvaal 263 ,, 1167 



Portuguese East Africa. . . 122 „ 772 ,, 



The new species are eight in number : six of these have 

 been already described, by Sharjje, Grant and myself in the 

 Bulletin of the B.O.C. ; they are as follows : — Pyrenestes 

 granti Sharpe, Heteronyx ruddi, Cinnyris neergaardi, Apalis 

 ruddi, and Sphenceacus transvaalensis Grant, and Apalis 

 claudei W. Scl. 



Two additional subspecies, Pratincola torqiiata orientaUs 

 and Cossypha caffra namaquensis , are here described for the 

 first time. 



Fourteen species previously only known from East Africa 

 or elsewhere have been added to the Avifauna of South Africa; 

 some of these were also recorded by Grant in the aforesaid 

 Bulletin. The following is a complete list of them : — Pytelia 

 cifra, Quelea erythrops, Miiafra rufocinnamomea, Mirafra 

 zomb(B, Cinnyris verreauxi Jlscheri, Sigmudus scojrifrons, Batis 

 yuella soror, Chcetura bohmi, Merops superciliosus, Campothera 

 malherbei fidlehorni, Turacus reichenowi, Vinago wakefeldi, 

 Chalcopelia afra (as now restricted to the Blue-spotted Dove), 

 and Francolinus granti. 



In addition there are included examples of a number of 

 exceedingly interesting and rare species previously unrepre- 

 sented or very inadequately represented in the National 

 Collection. 



This is, without doubt, the most important and extensive 

 single collection of South-African birds which has ever been 

 made, and I may perhaps be allowed to congratulate Mr. 

 Grant on the success of his efforts and Mr. Charles Rudd 

 for his most generous subvention which made the expedition 

 possible. 



I have to thank Mr. Ogilvic-Grant for allowing: me the 



