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of our Union. My brother members will, I am sure, pardon 
me for paying a passing tribute to the memory of one who, 
though in humble circumstances, was as kindly a man and 
as enthusiastic an ornithologist as I have ever met with. 
It only now remains to acknowledge with thanks the uni- 
versal kindness received from our Turkish friends, and from 
Mr. Henderson of Aleppo, Mr. Tattarachi of Mersina, Mr. 
Raad of Adana, Mr. Binns of Angora, and the members of 
the American Missions at Adana, Marash, Aintab, and Kai- 
sariyeh, and finally to apologize to the readers of this paper 
for the quantity of rambling description, as compared with 
the small amount of ornithological matter, therein contained. 
[To be continued. | 
VII.—Additional Notes on the Ornithology of Transvaal. 
By Tuomas Ayres. Communicated by Jonn Henry 
GURNEY. 
(Continued from Ibis, 1879, p. 405.) 
SyYLVIETTA RUFESCENS(Vieill.). Short-tailed Bush-Warbler. 
Male and female, Rustenburg, July 18 and August 9. 
Trides hazel, bill dusky brown, with the basal portion of the 
lower mandible pale ; tarsi and feet reddish brown. 
This species is plentiful amongst the scattered scrub and 
trees, where it is to be found solitary or in pairs, creeping 
restlessly about the foliage. 
Puyioscorus TrocuHitus (Linn.). British Willow-Warbler. 
One specimen shot at Potchefstroom, 22nd March. 
This species appears yearly at Potchefstroom, more or less 
plentifully. 
Synvra saticaria (Linn.). Garden-Warbler. 
Male, shot 20th February, in full moult. 
Female shot 22nd March, very fat ; moult apparently com- 
pleted. 
This Warbler also appears yearly at Potchefstroom, where 
it is to be found sparsely in the hedgerows. 
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