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b. $ Pietermaritzburg, beginning of May 1873. Iris slate-colour (?); 

 legs flesh-colour. 



c. $ (?) Between Pretoria and Bamangwato. Iris hazel. 



170. CHALCOPELIA Afra(L.); Shelley, /. c. p. 323. Emerald-spotted 



Dove. 

 a. Blauvv Krans River, Natal, May 22, 1873. I" s chestnut. 



171. (Ena Capensis (L.); Shelley, /. c. p. 328. Long-tailed African 



Dove. 



a. 9 Between Pretoria and Bamangwato, July 1873. ^ ris dark 

 hazel. 



b. $ Near Crocodile River, July 1873. ^ ris hazel. 



c. <J Tati, September 29, 1874. Iris and bill orange ; legs lake. 

 Small black seeds in stomach. 



Family PTEROCLID.E. 



172. PTEROCLES BICINCTUS, Temm. ; Sharpe, /. c. p. 575. Double- 



banded Sand-Grouse. 



a. <$ Mahalapsi River, August 6, 1873. Iris hazel; skin round 

 eye yellow ; bill very dark ; corners of mouth and base of lower man- 

 dible yellow ; legs and feet dusky yellow ; claws dark dusky brownish 

 lake. 



b. $ Mahalapsi River, August 8, 1873. Iris hazel; skin round 

 eye bright yellow ; upper mandible deep lake, under one orange ; legs 

 and feet dull yellow; claws dusky lake. Crop very full of small 

 pebbles ; a few seeds in it. 



c. $, d. 5 Motlautsi River, August 1873. Iris hazel. 



173. PTEROCLES GUTTURALIS, Smith; Sharpe, t. c. p. 577. Yellow- 



throated Sand-Grouse. 

 a, b. $ ,c. $ Shashi River, where Zambesi road crosses it, north of 

 Tati; coming to the water night and morning, August 17, 1874. Iris 

 hazel ; bill and legs dark bluish grey ; claws dusky black. A small 

 species of bean and gravel in stomach, which is very muscular. 



Order GALLING. 

 Family Perdicid^e. 



174. FRANCOLINUS NATALENSIS, Smith; Sharpe, t. c. p. 592. Natal 



Francolin. 

 a. $ Mahalapsi River, August 7, 1873. Iris hazel; bill dusky; 

 tip and lower mandible pale orange; legs, feet, and claws palish 

 orange. 



175. FRANCOLINUS PILEATUS, Smith; Sharpe, t. c. p. 593. Pileated 



Francolin. 



