54 Mr. W. L. Sclater on Birds collected 



means common at Beira, and I did not observe it in the 

 Zambesi country. Two or three pairs were observed in the 

 Inhambane district. This Knorhaan is certainly a bnsh- 

 couiitry bird, never being seen on the high grassy uplands. 

 It is always in pairs, and is very partial to the great dry 

 vleis filled with long grass. On being flushed out of shot, 

 it does not fly far and can nearly always be found again. 

 The flight is slow and floppy, and when the bird rises within 

 shot it is not easily missed. In Zululand it seemed very fond 

 of locusts, and could be seen in vast numbers following the 

 swarms, often becoming so gorged that it could hardly 

 fly and preferred to run and hide. This bird is truly called 

 " Silent/' as I have never heard it call.] 



700. Otis bakrowi. 



Z. Umfolosi Station, July (1 <^). 



[''Gagalu"of the Zulus. 



Barrow's Knorhaan was only once observed, at Umfolosi 

 Station, where a pair were seen and the male secured. When 

 on a short trip a few miles north of the Hluhluwe Stream 

 for "wild dogs I saw it in quite fair quantities on all the 

 grassy hill-sides, but it was so wild that no specimens were 

 taken. It appears to frequent the long grassy slopes sparsely 

 dotted with small shrubs and trees, and was generally put 

 up in threes. I did not hear this bird call either on the 

 ■wing or on the ground.] 



702. QEdicnemus capensis. 



CC. Plettenberg Bay, Mch. (3) ; Z. Umfolosi Station, 

 July (2); Tv. Wakkerstroom, Feb. (1); Klein Letaba, 

 Aug. (1). 



["Dikkop" of the Colonists. 



I'his species was common at Plettenberg Bay, and at 

 Umfolosi in Zululand, but not very plentiful at either 

 Wakkerstroom or Klein Letaba. I also saw it in the Cape 

 Peninsula, but was unable to secure specimens. It is quite 

 a nocturnal bird, resting throughout the day in the hollows 

 and small valleys, each bird lying on the shady side of tufts 

 of grass or small scrub. Several are always found together, 



