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a. £ Inkwinkwisi River, September 29, 1873. Native name, 

 " Tabi-tabi." Iris dark hazel ; legs dull olive. 



196. Tot ANUS glareola, L. ; Sharpe, /. c. p. 690. Wood-Sand- 



piper. 

 a. Inyati, September 28, 1873. Iris dark hazel ; legs dull olive- 

 green. 



Order HERODIONES. 



Family Ardeid^E. 



197. Ardea melanocephala, Vig. and Childr. ; Sharpe, t. c. 



p. 709. Black-necked Heron. 



a. $ Marsh near Pretoria, June 21, 1873. Iris yellow. 



198. Ardea purpurea, L. ; Sharpe, /. c. p. 710. Purple Heron. 

 a. Not labelled. 



199. Ardea rufiventris, Sund. ; Sharpe, t. c. p. 713. Butorides 



rufiventris (Sund.); Sharpe in Oates's Matabele Land, ed. 1, 

 App. p. 327 (1881). Red-bellied Heron. 



a. $ Hendrik's Vlei, December 1874. Iris dark hazel ; bill black; 

 legs slate-colour. 



200. Herodias intermedia (Wagl.) ; Sharpe, ed. Layard, p. 714. 



Short-billed White Egret. 

 a. Not labelled. 



201. Bubulcus IBIS (Hasselq.) ; Sharpe, /. c. p. 717. Buff-backed 



Egret. 

 a. $ 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. 



202. Butorides atricapillus (Afzel.) ; Sharpe, /. c. p. 719. African 



Black-headed Heron. 



a, b. Not labelled. 



203. Botaurus Sturmii (Wagl.); Sharpe, t. c. p. 720. Butoi-ides 



Sturmii (Wagl.) ; Sharpe in Oates's Matabele Land, ed. 1, 

 App. p. 326 (1881). African Dwarf Bittern. 

 a. Not labelled. 



204. SCOPUS UMBRETTA, Gra. ; Sharpe, ed. Layard, p. 725. Hammer- 



head. 

 a. <$ Mahalapsi River, August 7, 1873. ^ ris dark ; bill, legs, and 

 claws black. Frog's in stomach. 



