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Ispiclina natalensis (Smith), Natal Kingfisher.— Several times 

 observed in December in the bush near the mouth of the Urn- 

 geni, perching indiscriminately on trees, telegraph-wires, and 

 stalks of reeds overhanging the ponds. When approached it 

 disappeared into the bush. One seen at Colenso on the 20th 

 November (R). 



Halcyon albiventris (Scop.), Brown-hooded Kingfisher.— One 

 shot by Sergeant Williams, of "The Welsh" Regiment, near 

 Lady smith, in the winter months (R). 



Upupa africana, Bechst., South African Hoopoe.— One shot 

 at the Ingagane River on July 9th ; four seen at Guinea-fowl 

 Kopje, near Ladysmith, on August 31st (specimens afterwards 

 obtained there by Lieut. Harkness, of " The Welsh " Regt.) ; 

 two or more at Blaauw Krantz River on November 22nd, where 

 Butler also observed it. Seen at Pietermaritzburg by Mr. Chap- 

 man on August 30th, and by Mrs. Savile Reid about the middle 

 of September (R). 



Rhinopomastes cyanomelas (Vieil.), Scimitar-billed Wood 

 Hoopoe.— One obtained in the winter near Ladysmith by Sergt. 

 Williams, of " The Welsh " Regiment (R). 



Colius striatus, Lath., Cape Coly.— Obtained by Reid at 

 Estcourt, where they were not uncommon, in April, and at 

 Durban in December. 



Cuculus solitarius, Stephens, Red-chested Cuckoo.— Butler 

 obtained a single specimen of this bird, sitting on a bush in the 

 open "veldt" near Newcastle, on September 27th, but observed 

 no other specimens. Developed for breeding : iris dark brown ; 

 legs and feet yellow; orbital skin lemon -yellow ; bill blackish, 

 greenish yellow at base of lower mandible and at gape ; inside of 

 mouth yellow. 



Chrysococcyx smaragdineus (Swains.), Emerald Cuckoo.— One 

 shot by Lieut. Jenkin Jones, of " The Welsh " Regt., a short 

 distance from Newcastle, on October 22nd (R). Butler heard of 

 several others being killed by men in the Natal Mounted Police 

 between Colenso and Maritzburg. 



Coccystes glandarius (Linn.), Great Spotted Cuckoo.—" I shot 

 the only one I ever saw in Natal, a male breeding, at Blaauw 

 Krantz River, on November 23rd" (R). 



Coccystes jacobinus (Bodd.), Black and White Cuckoo.— A pair 

 seen and the male obtained, at Blaauw Krantz River, on the 23rd 



