110 = Mr.T. Ayres on the Ornithology of Transvaal. 
350. FRANCOLINUS NATALENSIS, Smith. Natal Francolin. 
Female, Rustenburg, 25th June. Inrides dusky hazel; 
bill reddish brown, but the base, gape, and cere pale dingy 
yellow. 
This Francolin is not very plentiful just round Rusten- 
burg; but amongst the mountains it is as common as the 
preceding one, frequenting the same localities, and always 
found in wooded situations close to water. 
351. FRANCOLINUS SEMITORQUATUS, Smith. Coqui Fran- 
colin. 
Male and female, Rustenburg, 19th June and 7th August. 
Irides bright hazel ; bill dusky brown, except the basal part 
of the lower mandible, and also the basal corners of the upper 
mandible, which are chrome-yellow ; tarsi and feet bright 
chrome-yellow. 
This is the commonest of the Francolins amongst the 
mountains of the Rustenburg district, and is generally to be 
found in coveys in the more open valleys, where the ground 
is dotted with scrub and trees; these birds are seldom far 
from water. They remind me of the English Partridge in 
their movements and flight when disturbed; with a good dog 
a fair bag may easily be made. 
[The male sent by Mr. Ayres has a few small black fea- 
thers scattered upon the cheeks, which may probably be the 
remains of immature plumage.—J. H. G.] 
Evrpopotis RuFIcRisTa, Smith. Rufous-crested Bustard. 
Male, 28th June. Ivides dusky tawny brown ; bill lightish 
ashy, tinged with yellowish on the basal parts and dusky on 
the ridge; tarsi and feet nearly white. 
Female, 26th June. Inrides light tawny hazel; bill resem- 
bling that of the male; tarsi and feet yellowish white. 
My brother and I came across a few of these birds on the 
Eland’s River, in the Rustenburg district. They appear to be 
scarce and local, frequenting low thorns and other pretty thick 
cover. 
[As Mr. Layard’s description of the female of this Bustard 
in his ‘ Birds of South Africa’ is unfortunately very meagre, 
