334 APPENDIX. 



Family ClCONlIDiE. 



205. ClCONIA alba, L. ; Sharpe, /. c. p. 728. White Stork. 



a. ^ Ramakwebani 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. 



206. Ciconia Abdimii, Licht. ; Sharpe, /. c. p. 730. Sphenorhynchus 



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



App. p. 327 (1881). White-bellied Stork. 

 a. $ Sibanani, December 1.1, 1874. Iris white, inclining to 

 greenish ochreous ; bill olive, tipped with vermilion ; a flesh-coloured 

 knob at the base. 



Order ANSERES. 



Family Anatid^:. 



207. Nettapus AURITUS (Bodd.); Sharpe, ed. Layard, p. 750. African 



Dwarf Goose. 

 «■[<?]»&[?]■ Not labelled. 



208. Sarcidiornis Africanus, Eyton ; Sharpe, /. c. p. 752. Sarki- 



diornis melanotics (Penn.) ; Sharpe in Oates's Matabele Land, 

 ed. 1, App. p. 327 (1881). Knob-billed Duck. 



a. $ Near Hendrik's Vlei, December 18, 1874. Iris hazel ; bill 

 and horn dark slate, the latter covered with small white warts ; nail 

 whitish ; legs slate. 



b. $ Mopani Pan, near Ramakwebani 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 bird had its brood. 



209. Pcecilonetta ERYTHRORHYNCHA (Smith) ; Sharpe, ed. Layard, 



p. 754. Red-billed Teal. 



a. 2 Mopani Pan, near Ramakwebani River, March 16, 1874. 

 Iris dark hazel ; bill (I think) brown on top, dull orange on sides ; legs 

 black. Caught by dog. They say this is the common small duck 

 here. 



b. cj Mopani Pan, near Ramakwebani River, November 5, 1874. 

 Iris bright brown ; bill pink with a lilac tinge, a dark lilac stroke on 

 the top ; legs slate-colour, inclining to lilac. Out of four shot, I think 

 three were males and one a female, but the plumage differed very little. 

 The boy found a curious swelling in the windpipe of two, which he 

 says were males. He said the female had not got it. 



210. Anas xanthorhyncha, Forst. ; Sharpe, /. c. p. 755. Yellow- 



billed Teal. 

 a. 5 Near Pretoria, June 18, 1873. ^ ris bright brown. Grit and 

 vegetable matter in stomach. 



