GAME-BIRDS OP SOUTH AFRICA 



and there it moves about in smaU and large parties, and acts 

 precisely as does the Spotted Sandgrouse, with which it 

 mingles at the morning and evening drinking-time. 



It can be distinguished on the wing from P. variegatus quite 

 easily by its loud note of " Kelkie Vane," whence its Dutch 

 name. 



Namaquas are very fast on the wing, but are easily shot 

 owing to their punctual habits of drinking morning and 

 evening at the same hours. 



They are rather tough and tasteless to eat, in my opinion, 

 and are best boiled and served with white sauce. 



They lay two oblong eggs of a light cream-colour, which 

 measure about 1.50 by 1.0 ia. The nest is a mere depression 

 in the ground, with a few bits of dry grass in it. 



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