28 Mr. AV. L. Sclater on Birds collected 



6.23. PCECILONETTA ERYTHRORHYNCHA. 



P. Beira, Nov. (1). 



[''Dinoili'" of the Ntebis. 



1 have seen this Duck in several localities visited — notably 

 Zululancl, the South-Eastern Transvaal, and the Inhambane 

 and Beira districts of Portuguese East Africa. It is observed 

 singly, in pairs, or often in flocks of about half a dozen, and 

 frequents open water in swamps and lagoons near rivers or 

 occasionally small pools in secluded spots, the last probably 

 for the purpose of breeding. I find the following reference 

 in my diary to a male of tliis species and a female of Nyroca 

 crythrophtJiulina which I shot together on a small pool in a 

 reedy swamp near Beira : — 



"" I especially record this as they were both shot together, 

 and were the onlj' ducks that were on the vlei ; it is, however, 

 doubtful whether they were paired, although it is curious 

 that they were male and female and that it was the summer 

 season. '^ 



6:26. Nyroca erythrophthalma. 



Tv. Wakkerstroom, Apl. (2) ; P. Beira, Nov., Dec. (2). 



[This Pochard is a bird of tlie open water, and I have 

 never found it on shaded rivers or smaller streams. It was 

 commonly noted, though wild, on all the expanses of water 

 at Wakkerstroom ; it was occasionally seen on the lagoons 

 at Umfolosi and the lakes and marshes near Beira ; I also 

 saw a pair on the Zambesi in Aug. 1907. At Wakkerstroom 

 it was generally in flocks of from six to a dozen of both 

 sexes, but elsewhere I have only seen it in 2)airs or singly. 



The soft parts of an adult male are : — Irides yellow ; bill 

 slaty ; legs sooty.] 



629. ViNAGO delalandii. 



Z. Sibudeni, Nov. (1) ; Jususie Valley, Dec. (1) ; Umfo- 

 losi Station, July (1); Hluhluwe Stream, Aug. (1); Tv. 

 Klein Letaba, July, Aug., Sept. (7) ; Legogot, May (1) ; 

 P. Masambeti, Oct., Nov. (2) ; Beira, Nov., Dec. (2) ; 

 Tete, Sept. (1). 



[Delalande's Fruit-Pigeon was taken in every locality 

 visited in East and East Central South Africa from Zululaud 



