62 Birds collected by Mr. C. Grant in South Africa. 



Gorongoza district. It is always found in large or small 

 flocks, and its habits are similar to those of birds of the 

 same species on our own coasts.] 



749. Tringa subarquata. 



CC. Port Nolloth, Sept. 4 (1) ; Durban Road, Sept. 25 



The biid from Port Nolloth still retains a good deal of 

 chestnut speckling on the chest, the remnants of the 

 breeding-plumage. 



751. Gallinago media. 



P. IMasambeti, Nov. 13 (3) ; Beira, Jan. 29-31 (2). 



["■ Isikwekwekwe '' of the Zulus. " Stescsi " of the Ntebis. 



The Great Snipe can usually be distinguished from 

 G. nlxjripennis on the wing by its comparatively lighter 

 colouring and its much slower flight. At Masambeti it 

 was much more plentiful than the other species. This Snipe 

 on being flushed always calls. Near Beira I flushed them 

 after heavy rain on the open grassy flats.] 



752. Gallinago nigripennis. 



Z. Umfolosi Station, Aug. 29 (1) ; Tv. Zuurbron, 

 May 27-31 (2) ; P. Masambeti, Nov. 15 (1). 



The Umfolosi specimen is a young bird ; it has a short bill, 

 measuring 2*6 in. ( = 66 mm.), and is less brightly coloured 

 than the adult, so that it might at first be taken for G. media. 

 It has, however, the tail-feathers spotted, and two other 

 characters by which this species can be distinguished from 

 G. media are as follows : — In G. media the axillaries and 

 under wing-coverts are very regularly barred with black and 

 white, the two colours being equally distributed; in G. nigri- 

 2)ennis the black barring is quite irregular and the white 

 prevails as a ground colour. In G. media, sigain, the blackish 

 stripe running from the base of the bill to the eye is narrow 

 (about 3 mm.) and ill-defined, in G. nigripennis it is broader 

 (about 6 mm.) and ranch more clearly defined. 



[" Stesesi'' of the Ntebis. 



At Wakkerstroom and Zuurbron this Snipe was fairly 



