by Mr. Claude Grant in South Africa. 55 



and I Lave noticed that they ai'e invariably in the same 

 spots day after day unless greatly disturbed. On being 

 flushed they often utter a single clear whistle. They seldom 

 fly more than a hundred yards or so, when they alight and 

 run to cover. It is, however, difficult to approach tliem 

 within shot when they have once been disturbed. 



Irides and eyelid yellow ; bill black, yellow at base ; legs 

 and toes greenish yellow ; blackish on the front of the 

 tarsi and the upper surface of the toes.] 



703. GEdicnemus vermiculatus. 



P. Beira, Jan. (1). 



["Mtoti" of the Ntebis. 



I have seen this Thick-knee only once, and that was in 

 the flat country covered with stretches of forest seven miles 

 from Beira, on the railway. Its small size and darker 

 coloration as it rose at once shewed me that it was a Thick- 

 knee I had not previously seen, and after following it up 

 for some distance I was lucky in getting in a very long, fatal 

 shot. It was solitary. 



The coloration of the soft parts were : — Irides and eyelids 

 pale yellow ; bill black, yellowish at base ; legs and toes 

 greenish yellow.] 



705. CURSORIUS RUFUS. 



Tv. "VVakkerstroom, Mch., Apl. (5). 



[I have not noticed this species elsewhere than in the 

 locality where the specimens were obtained. There it was 

 fairly plentiful, and was always observed in threes or fours, 

 frequenting barren open stretches practically devoid of 

 any vegetation. The cry and flight are similar to those of 

 C. temmincki. 



The soft parts of an adult are : — Irides brown ; bill nearly 

 black ; legs and toes white enamelled.] 



706. CURSORIUS TEMMINCKI. 



Z. Umfolosi Station, July 2 and 6 (2). 



[" Isibongo " of the Zulus. 



1 noticed Temminck's Courser in the Klein Letaba, 



