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a. Tati, October 6, 1874. Bill dusk)' slate- colour ; legs pale 

 whitish olive. 



b, c. Not labelled. 



63. MESOPICUS Namaquus (Licht.) ; Hargitt, /. c. p. 407. Dendropi- 



cus Namaquus (Licht.) ; Sharpe in Oates's Matabele Land, ed. 1, 

 App. p. 306 (1881). Bearded Woodpecker. 



a. (J Motlautsi River, August 23, 1873. Iris crimson lake. 



b. 5 Ramakwebani River, July 30, 1874. Iris lake ; bill slate- 

 colour ; legs dark greenish slate-colour ; claws dark. Stomach con- 

 taining large caterpillars. 



c. $ Ramakwebani River, August 2, 1874. Iris lake ; bill slate- 

 colour ; legs dark greenish slate-colour ; claws black. Stomach con- 

 taining large caterpillars. 



64. Dendropicus cardinalis (Gm.) ; Hargitt, /. c. p. 437. Cardinal 



Woodpecker. 



a. $ Between Pretoria and Bamangwato, July 1873. Iris deep 

 crimson. 



b. $ Ramakwebani River, September 4, 1873. Iris crimson. 



c. ? Tati, October 7, 1874. Iris red (?) ; bill and legs dark slate- 

 colour (?). 



Family IYNGID./E. 



65. Iynx pectoralis (Vigors) ; Sharpe, ed. Layard, p. 191 (see App. 



p. 812). Red-breasted Wryneck. 



a. Blauw Krans River, Natal, May 22, 1873. ^ X1S red-brown ; legs 

 pale greenish grey. 



Order PSITTACI. 



Family PSITTACIDJE. 



66. PsiTTACUS ROBUSTUS, Gm. ; Sharpe, t. c. p. 194. Le Vaillant's 



Parrot. 

 a. Not labelled. 



67. Psittacus Meyeri, Riipp. ; Sharpe, /. c. p. 195. Meyer's Parrot 



a. Witfontein, July 1873. 



b. $ Holfontein, July 1873. Iris very light hazel. (Another $ 

 shot, brighter in plumage, had the iris hazel round pupil, then burnt 

 sienna.) 



c. $ Second Makalaka kraal, Zambesi road, September 4, 1874. 

 Iris hazel round pupil, then orange ; bill blackish slate-colour ; legs 

 and claws dusky black. 



d. $ Tati, October 7, 1874. Bill and legs dark slate-colour. 



e. $ Tati, October 9, 1874. Bill and legs dark slate- colour. 

 Seeds in stomach. 



