268 Mr. T. Ayres on the Ornithology of Transvaal. 
Irides dark umber ; bill black ; tarsi and feet pale dingy or 
ashy yellow. 
I found these Plovers in groups of from three to half a 
dozen or so, feeding amicably in company with the preceding 
species, after showers of rain on the main road from Potchef- 
stroom to Kimberley, and also on the open flats. One of the 
specimens sent contained small beetles. It is by no means 
a common species here. 
[A male killed 2nd January, and another male killed on 
21st, both show the commenced assumption of the rufous 
gorget, and also of the narrower black band immediately 
below it.—J. H. G.] 
Trinca minut, Leisl. Little Stint. 
Male, shot 2nd May, 1879, at Reit-pan, on the Rhinoster 
river, in the Orange Free State. 
I do not remember having shot a specimen in this mottled 
plumage before; there were others with it in the ordinary 
dress. 
[The specimen sent has assumed the nuptial garb through- 
out, except on the lesser and median wing-coverts.—J. H. G.] 
353. Toranus cANESCENS (Gmel.). Greenshank. 
Female, adult, shot near Potchefstroom 14th September, 
1878. Inrides dark umber; bill pale ashy, gradually becom- 
ing black at the tip; tarsi and feet yellowish ash-colour. 
Scarce and wild. 
GaLiinaco MAJoR (Gmel.). Solitary Snipe. 
Two males and one female, shot 22nd February. 
One male, shot 28th February. 
One male, shot 14th March. 
One male, shot 5th September. 
One male and one female, shot 20th September. 
The above were all obtained near Potchefstroom. 
Scops umsprerra, Gmel. Umbrette. 
Male and female. Irides umber-brown ; bill, tarsi, and 
feet black. 
Not long ago I saw one of these queer birds feeding in a 
