by Mr. Claude Grant in South Africa. 



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noticed this species in every locality visited iu East and East 

 Central South Africa. It is gregarious^ less than half a dozen 

 are seldom seen together^ and I have observed flocks of a 

 huudrcd aud upwards in the Zambesi region. This Ibis is an 

 early riser, often being heard moving before daylight and 

 seldom retiring at night till sundown or after. Where such 

 exist it roosts in the woods and forests, or otherwise in the 

 larger trees of the ordinary " bush-veld." Its discordant 

 cry can be heard everywhere, especially when flocks are 

 moving from one locality to another. 



The soft parts of an adult are: — Irides dark crimson; 

 bill and lores sooty, culmen dull red ; legs and toes sooty, 

 dull red on front of the tarsi and the upper surface of the 

 toes.] 



612. Plectropterus nicer. 



[No example preserved.] 



Seven eggs taken at Wakkerstroom, April 4. 



[I have noticed this species in Zululaud, Wakkersti'oom, 

 tlie Inhambane district, and the country between Beira and 

 Tete on the Zambesi. T secured a clutch of seven eggs on the 

 4th of April, 1901, at Wakkerstroom. The nest was a mere 

 hollow in the centre of a patch of tall grass in an extensive 

 vlei, without any lining of feathers or grass. I had the day 

 ])revious hit and lost the old bird, and it was while wading 

 about searching for it on the following day that I discovered 

 the nest. This Goose is generally observed in strings of from 

 six to a dozen, and when on the wing they travel in a line 

 one behind the other.] 



615. Dendrocycna viduata. 



Z. Umfolosi Station, July, Aug., Sept. (5) . 



In a young female the white face is not so strongly 

 marked and the front part of the crown is not white, only a 

 little lighter brown than the hind portion ; in another young 

 bird, also a female, the black does not extend across the 

 throat. 



[The White-faced Tree-Duck was only observed in two 

 localities— on the Umfolosi River in Zululand and on the 

 Zambesi River, where I saw a flock of about fiftv individuals 



