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202. BUTORIDES RUFIVENTRIS (Sund.), Ardea riifivc7itris (Sund.) : 
Ayres, Ibis, 1871, pi. ix. Red-bellied Heron. 
a. $ Hendrik's Vlei, December 1874. Iris dark hazel ; bill black ; 
legs slate-colour. 
203. BUBULCUS IBIS (Hasselq.) : Gurney, /. c p. 288. Buff-backed 
Heron. 
a. 9 Tati, September 26, 1874. Iris bright yellow, inclining to 
orange ; skin round eye chrome yellow ; bill yellow ; legs orange- 
yellow, somewhat dusky ; claws blackish. Lizards, grasshoppers, and 
beetles in stomach. This bird not so fat as some shot at Bamang- 
wato in May. 
Family ClCONliD^. 
204. CiCONIA ALBA (L.) : Gurney, /. c p. 280. White Stork. 
a. ^ Ramaqueban River, where the Zambesi road leaves it, going 
north, November 15, 1874. Iris dark hazel ; bill and legs orange-ver- 
milion ; skin about eye the same, but with a dark patch on it near the 
eye, and also near the under mandible. 
205. Sphenorhynchus Abdimii (Licht.) : Gurney, /. c. p. 280. 
White-bellied Stork. 
a. $ Sibanani, December 11, 1874. Iris white, inclining to 
greenish ochreous ; bill olive, tipped with vermilion ; a flesh-coloured 
knob at the base. 
206. Scopus UMBRETTA (Gm.) : Gurney,/. c. p. 294. Tufted Umbre. 
a. $ Makalapsi River, August 7, 1873. Iris dark ; bill, legs, and 
claws black. Frogs in stomach. 
Order NATATORES. 
Family Anatid^. 
207. Sarkidiornis melanonotus (Penn.) : Gurney, /. c. p. 335. 
Knob-billed Goose. 
a. 9 Mopani Pan, near Ramaqueban River, March 16, 1874. 
Iris dark hazel ; bill and legs black. Shot in a tree. The dogs caught 
a young one in the pan, where I suppose this Goose had its brood. 
208. Nettapus auritus (Bodd.) : Gurney, t. c. p. 336. African 
Dwarf Goose. 
«■ [(?]>^- [?]• Not labelled. 
209. Anas xanthorhyncha, Forst. : Gurney, t. c. p. 342. Yellow- 
billed Duck. 
a. 5 Near Pretoria, June iS, 1873. Iris bright brown. Grit and 
vegetable matter in stomach. 
