460 THE ZOOLOGIST. 



ORNITHOLOGICAL NOTES FROM NATAL. 

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



ADDENDA ET CORRIGENDA. 



The following notes are supplementary to those which have 

 already appeared in ' The Zoologist' under the above heading: — • 



Circus macrurus (Gm.), Pallid Harrier. — This species, alluded 

 to under the head of Circus pygargus (L), at p. 168, as being 

 commoner than the last-named, was frequently observed by us, 

 and may fairly be recorded in our list, though not actually 

 obtained. 



Aquila pennata, Booted Eagle. — A specimen of this little 

 Eagle, not included in our original list, was brought home recently 

 by Feilden. He obtained it near Newcastle in November, 1881. 

 It is apparently of very rare occurrence in Natal ; in fact, we are 

 not aware that it has previously been noted from that colony. 



Charadriitx asiaticus, Pall. — Feilden brought home another 

 specimen of this Plover, obtained by him at Bennett's Drift Camp, 

 near Newcastle, towards the end of November. He describes the 

 species as numerous at that time, in small bands of three to five 

 or six, feeding on the bare places on the "veldt," near the camp, 

 in company with the Pratincoles. 



Euplectes oryx (L.), Red Fink. — At p. 297, the size of the egg 

 of this bird should be "7 in. x "55 in. 



Vidua principalis (L.), Dominican Widow-bird. — Owing to an 

 unfortunate oversight, the notice of this bird appeals twice, on 

 pp. 297 and 299. The first of these should be erased altogether. 



Falco biarmicus, Temm., South African Lanner. — At p. 170, 

 in the sentence commencing "Butler noticed a Lanner," &c, read 

 " Butler noticed this Lanner," &c. 



OCCASIONAL NOTES. 



South-African Eagle Owl in Ireland.— In 'The Zoologist' for 

 1881 (pp. 262, 308) I described an Owl from the collection of Dr. BurUitt, 

 of Waterford, which I then believed to be the Virginian Horned Owl. 

 I have since received a letter from my friend Mr. More, Curator of the 

 Natural History Museum, Dublin, giving the result of his examination of 

 this bird, which Dr. Burkitt, at my request, had lent him for the purpose. 



