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old Raven and a young one passed ; as we backed out of the 

 creek we saw three Hooded Crows, three more young Ravens, and 

 not many minutes later we saw the only couple of Jackdaws that 

 I chanced to see in Skye. 



I left for the south on the 28th, regretfully enough, as the 

 Sea Eagle, Falcon, Chough, and Storm Petrel were all breeding, 

 unvisited, in the district. 



ORNITHOLOGICAL NOTES FROM NATAL. 

 By Majoes E. A. Butler and H W. Feilden, and Capt. S. G. Reid 



(Concluded from p. 335.) 



Ciconia alba, Bechst., "White Stork. — Commonly met with 

 searching for food in the shallow or muddy parts of the larger 

 vleys, in the winter months. Not often seen in any numbers, but 

 Reid came across a flock of about thirty, on the open veldt near 

 Colenso, on the 22nd November; these were probably on the 

 move to their breeding quarters, wherever they may be. Butler 

 was informed on very good authority that a few pairs bred in 

 Natal ; and a cousin of his in the Natal Mounted Police, who 

 knew the bird well, told him that he had seen a nest himself, with 

 eggs in it, in that year (1881), in a tree near Estcourt, at no great 

 height from the ground. 



Anastomus lamelligerus, Temm. — " An example of this curious 

 bird was shot near Ladysmith, in a swamp, on the 8th March, 

 1881, by Capt. Thackeray, 6th (Inniskilling) Dragoons. Much 

 to my regret, I was unable to preserve the specimen, as we were 

 marching from ' reveillez ' to sunset, and lying three in a tent at 

 night wet through and starving ! The head I gave to my waggon- 

 driver, and begged him to carry it ; but he told me afterwards 

 that it smelt so abominably he had to throw it away. I think, 

 however, the few feathers I saved would at any time be sufficient 

 for the identification of the species" (F). 



Ibis cethiopica (Lath.), Sacred Ibis. — A flock of eight seen 

 flying over Bennett's Drift Camp, about three miles from New- 

 castle, on the 16th September (F). 



Geronticus hagedash (Lath.), Hadadah. — Very numerous at 

 the Ingagane (= " Black Ibis" in Kaffir) River; there is a 

 favourite roosting-place on a precipitous range of low cliffs 



